Pandemic Panic in the Media

[Henk Elegeert]

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  	Pandemic Panic in the Media

http://www.ndu.edu/ctnsp/Panic%20in%20the%20media%20Paper.pdf

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There’s a lot of news coverage beginning to appear about the coming flu
pandemic. So what? More media hype? Should we be concerned?

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The nation has faced a pandemic influenza disease outbreak—defined as a
disease outbreak over a wide geographic area and affecting a high
percentage of the population-- three times in the past century: 1918,
1957, and 1968. These were events of major significance to the human
race. Some estimates suggest that as many as 40 million lives were lost
to the flu during the 1918 pandemic; including half a million Americans.
One million lives were lost worldwide in 1957, and it is estimated that
some 1-4 million died from the flu in 1968.
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