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And now confirmed cases in NZ.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/2368393/Swine-flu-in-New-Zealand-cases-confirmed
The shitty reporting on this issue may kill me before the pandemic does.
[...] There seem to be two responses to the swing flu outbreak. Calm, reasonable, responses that separate the reality from hype (via Tigtog). [...]
Actually, coverage in the UK (other than the Daily Star’s “750,000 Britons Could Perish!!”, but that’s the Star of course) has been pretty measured. It’s absolutely everywhere of course, but is still along the lines of we may have a problem here – don’t panic yet, but be aware.
I’ll be very interested to see what explanation emerges for the death rate in Mexico given that all the exported cases seem to be very mild and closer to normal seasonal flu in severity.