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.
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Swine flu points out flaws in pandemic policy
I spent the last two weeks in Washington DC, watching with great interest how the US is dealing with the current outbreak of Swine Flu, writes Dr Lesley Russell.
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.
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.
