Yesterday, Kevin Rudd amazingly called “for all Australians to engage in the simple practice of washing their hands with soap on a regular basis.”
Health scare
Flu fears divert us from the main game
Heart attacks and strokes globally cause millions upon millions more deaths than all infectious diseases — flu included, writes Stephen R Leeder.
Swine Flu: the dangers of over-reacting
There are significant costs for intervening too much, writes Claire Hooker. And yet, the data so far — especially the low virulence reported in cases outside Mexico — doesn’t look that bad.
Swine flu: Twitter’s power to misinform
There are quite a few reasons to be concerned about Twitter’s role in facilitating an unnecessary global panic about swine flu.
