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From: somebody
Date: 15 Nov 2009 18:00:53
Message: <4b008825$1@news.povray.org>

"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
news:4b005d13@news.povray.org...

>   Regular seasonal flu kills about 250000 - 500000 people every year
> (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/2003/fs211/en/). Swine flu has
> killed so far less than 7000 people.

>   Exactly what is it that makes the swine flu so special as to cause a
> worldwide panic?

What's special is that it's new. Pharma, govts, medical researchers, doctors
cannot keep on using old names like the "avian" flu or SARS to milk people's
fears year after year.

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