SARS, shoe bombs and teen sex: the 10 stupidest scare campaigns of the decadeRemember how we were all going to die of bird flu? And the world was going to end with the year 2000? Newsweek looks at the most overblown fears of the noughties.
Bird flu
Political snippets: The politics of swine flu
Richard Farmer looks at the politics of dealing with a flu pandemic and catches up with pollies across the Tasman.
Flu pandemic: History says don’t panic
Whether it’s anthrax, mad cow disease, foot-and-mouth disease, bird flu or, going back to the 1990s, ebola, the news of an outbreak causes fear unjustified by the reality.
Crikey Clarifier: Can we still eat pork crackling?
Swine influenza clarified Crikey style by Dean of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences Deakin University Professor John Catford.
