Swine flu and the media: too much hype or necessary precaution?
Swine flu and the media: too much hype or necessary precaution?
5/4/09
by Jessica Weiss
Is the media in your region taking the proper, cautionary response to swine flu, or are they exaggerating the threat through alarmist reporting that creates panic?
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its a death bell ringing for those who believe that nuclear weapons are worst threat to mankind.i think even a virus named H1N1 can be a destruction to mankind , eventhough we boast of scintific advancement in the 21st century.A flu of a " so called " name can humiliate the scientists.Thus we believe humanbeings have not conquered the world yet.Quran warned about swine longtime ago.But we invented an injection or chemical to pure pork for gourmet.
in my opinion its the Media that can advocate , inform and prevent the world from said flu.
ibbe
Nigeria:
The media in my country is doing enough to draw public attention to the recent deadly swine flu that has rock many countries.
The rthis extent, the countrt's minister of health, has ordered quarantine of all major outlets - seaport, airport and the land borders to forestall influx through this routes into the country
In Myanmar, Junta's announced that there's no Swine Flu so far.
But precaution work they made are not so effective for people because they are afraid of causing sudden threat in people. They don't want to make people certain upset.
Here in my country most of people is still not so noticed about SI ( Swine Influenza).
On May 5, Myanmar Medical Association called all doctors and gave explanation about SI.
May I share some facts?
We have to wash our hands regularly, frequently and thoroughly.
It's that- wash both hands,- both surfaces of hands, dorsal and ventral,- and then wash betweens of fingers,- wash thumbs,- and wash upto wrist joints. Washing must be with soaps.
You can use spirit swab and hand-rub.
Then we have to cover our cough and sneeze.
Also we have to avoid public places, crowded places and other gathering.
We have to use MASK.
Droplets can harm about six feet when coughing.
There are some SI cases at Indonesia and Philippines this morning .
God bless the World.
In retrospect, the coverage may have been a little hyped, but nobody knew how serious this was, and it looked like there was at least the potential for many deaths. In fact, we're still learning about this H1N1 virus. In general, too much coverage is better than not enough coverage.
--Rob Taylor
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Really like your view. Some
Really like your view. Some real matter's are discuss in here. Thanks for sharing with us. The information which you have provided in here in utterly important.
Nick From
Amaderblog
its a death bell ringing for
its a death bell ringing for those who believe that nuclear weapons are worst threat to mankind.i think even a virus named H1N1 can be a destruction to mankind , eventhough we boast of scintific advancement in the 21st century.A flu of a " so called " name can humiliate the scientists.Thus we believe humanbeings have not conquered the world yet.Quran warned about swine longtime ago.But we invented an injection or chemical to pure pork for gourmet. in my opinion its the Media that can advocate , inform and prevent the world from said flu. ibbe
Nigeria: The media in my
Nigeria: The media in my country is doing enough to draw public attention to the recent deadly swine flu that has rock many countries. The rthis extent, the countrt's minister of health, has ordered quarantine of all major outlets - seaport, airport and the land borders to forestall influx through this routes into the country
In Myanmar, Junta's announced
In Myanmar, Junta's announced that there's no Swine Flu so far. But precaution work they made are not so effective for people because they are afraid of causing sudden threat in people. They don't want to make people certain upset. Here in my country most of people is still not so noticed about SI ( Swine Influenza). On May 5, Myanmar Medical Association called all doctors and gave explanation about SI. May I share some facts?
We have to wash our hands regularly, frequently and thoroughly. It's that- wash both hands,- both surfaces of hands, dorsal and ventral,- and then wash betweens of fingers,- wash thumbs,- and wash upto wrist joints. Washing must be with soaps. You can use spirit swab and hand-rub. Then we have to cover our cough and sneeze. Also we have to avoid public places, crowded places and other gathering.
We have to use MASK. Droplets can harm about six feet when coughing. There are some SI cases at Indonesia and Philippines this morning . God bless the World.
DrKhinMyintOo
In retrospect, the coverage
In retrospect, the coverage may have been a little hyped, but nobody knew how serious this was, and it looked like there was at least the potential for many deaths. In fact, we're still learning about this H1N1 virus. In general, too much coverage is better than not enough coverage. --Rob Taylor
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