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28.04.2009, 07:13
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Investigative journalist from Washington Wayne Madsen says the outbreak of the swine flu virus is raising suspicions. The sources quoted by him say it could be manmade.
25.11.2009, 15:49
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Danish journalists claim that the World Health Organization and drug companies producing the swine flu vaccine are in partnership, and that the true nature of their relationship is shrouded in mystery.
29.04.2009, 18:26
In New York the number of suspected cases of swine flu is on the rise. At least three schools are feared to have been exposed to the virus. City officials say the average age of those infected is 16.
02.05.2009, 01:27
The public should avoid panicking over swine flu and concentrate on being alert and prepared, Henry Masur says, Chief of the Critical Care Medicine Department at the National Institute of Health.
03.05.2009, 15:26
As swine flu crosses the globe, fear is being whipped up in every densely populated center it reaches, but is the panic justified and are we really facing a lethal pandemic?
08.05.2009, 13:15
In the U.S., employers are enforcing their own quarantine restrictions on staff who have traveled to Mexico where the swine flu outbreak started.
05.08.2009, 18:39
In the UK’s capital, antiviral distribution centers are not providing adequately for the population. Sufferers who try to get the medicine and fail are saying that it’s “not fair”.
24.09.2009, 11:34
A school in Murmansk region in Russia’s Far North has become the first in the country to be closed for quarantine due to swine flu.
20.05.2009, 14:27
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Conversations about the swine flu tend to revolve around who has it, where it has appeared, what the symptoms are, and how to prevent it. But there's little conversation about the risks and havoc of the swine flu online.
26.11.2009, 15:12
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The message is clear – we are all going to die from swine flu. It spreads fast, it is dangerous, and it must be feared – says the World Health Organization.
Published: 01 May, 2009, 00:55
Edited: 05 June, 2010, 08:44
The latest global health scare, swine flu, is spreading, bringing a wave of panic in its wake. But experts are playing down the threat, saying the world has never been better prepared for a pandemic.
This is a fine example of fear tactics that are used in the media. You are more likely to die while in a motor vehicle than you are to die of this disease.