tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196755095791973831.post7605616461537746488..comments2023-06-07T11:59:27.937-04:00Comments on Noise Bazaar: It's the flu, people!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801052755158560049noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196755095791973831.post-67153870755946877912009-05-02T18:58:00.000-04:002009-05-02T18:58:00.000-04:00cool. rational voices in a local newspaper.
maybe...cool. rational voices in a local newspaper.<br /><br />maybe in the future factual news will be money-making, rather than hyper-alarmist bullshit.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13095003825951782038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196755095791973831.post-2396299329475497122009-05-02T11:23:00.000-04:002009-05-02T11:23:00.000-04:00looks like some people are finally starting to com...looks like some people are finally starting to come around: http://www.newsobserver.com/2187/story/1510210.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06801052755158560049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196755095791973831.post-65389893773035555032009-05-02T04:18:00.000-04:002009-05-02T04:18:00.000-04:00It really goes to show what alarmist media coverag...It really goes to show what alarmist media coverage can do to people's perceptions. I don't find using the internet to educate yourself overwhelmingly difficult. If I told you that 30,000 people will die from some type of influenza this year, that would actually be an optimistic estimate, and in most years more than 30k succumb to the virus. There are two actual issues with this virus:<br /><br />1) Whether it kills a disproportionate amount of healthy people between 18-40 (roughly)<br /><br />2) Whether it will mutate into something pretty fucked. Each time the virus has a host it's capable of mutating (either to a worse strain or a more benign strain), so the more it spreads the more it mutates.<br /><br />But now, this is really stupid. It's like SARS. Back a few years, SARS was just another type of influenza based in asia, but it became so overhyped that kids in high school/middle school would say "You have SARS!!" as if it was some hilarious venereal disease. <br /><br />On the flip side, given #2, an overprecaution might not be the worst thing, but it's still pretty annoying how herded people can be.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13095003825951782038noreply@blogger.com