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Not to downplay swine flu, because it is a dangerous and potentially deadly ailment, but the level of paranoia and fear on this one far outweighs the threat. One can only imagine what would happen if populations feared much larger killers like cancer and heart disease on a similar level. If the news media and politicians focused on those proportionally, creating a proportional fear response in populations, people might actually start taking care of themselves; exercising, eating right, demanding better foods*, demanding a cleaner environment. I guess if it kills slowly, it not too scary because we can rationalize it away, but if it kills relatively quickly, lookout. And of course, those two diseases are long-term profit centers which create jobs and bring in hundreds of billions yearly. This one is affecting children more than the regular strain of the flu, which doubles the fear response. I think 100 or so children have died in the US so far. It's crazy here because of those statistics. However, one must look at this objectively. 16,000 children die everyday globally of starvation and nobody seems to really give a rats ass. A proportional response to that, which is something totally preventable, would be nice to see. Meh, humans. *sidenote: if you get a chance to watch "Food Inc." it is highly recommended. Ram
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