Journalists hyperventilating
Just like with the bovine spongiformn encephalitis (BSE) and the bird flu, the journalistic profession has shifted into higher gear to hype everything up. Over the past week we’ve been flooded with the body count due to the newly emerged swine flu, virus H1N1.
However, WHO maintains there is only 7 confirmed deaths due to influenza virus. More people die from masochistic sex, but that doesn’t keep functionally illiterate people from hyperventilating.
A member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has dismissed claims that more than 150 people have died from swine flu, saying it has officially recorded only seven deaths around the world.
But I’m sure Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney are enjoying the scare due to sky-rocketing sales of Tamiflu (they’re expecting 500% increase).
