http://www.blisstree.com/articles/another-observation-on-the-potential-pandemic-24/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:12:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/another-observation-on-the-potential-pandemic-24/comment-page-1/#comment-218823 Adelle Tilton Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:26:45 +0000 http://www.flupatrol.com/2006/02/21/another-observation-on-the-potential-pandemic/#comment-218823 Not to mention it is hard to get a population, or "the public" to be sensible when they are so anxious about other areas that they feel powerless to control - which leads us right back to politics! It is an issue that needs to be covered but the media has to be careful on a slow news day that they don't ratchet up the F.O.F. (freak out factor) Not to mention it is hard to get a population, or “the public” to be sensible when they are so anxious about other areas that they feel powerless to control – which leads us right back to politics! It is an issue that needs to be covered but the media has to be careful on a slow news day that they don’t ratchet up the F.O.F. (freak out factor)

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/another-observation-on-the-potential-pandemic-24/comment-page-1/#comment-218822 John Evans (Syntagma) Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:46:40 +0000 http://www.flupatrol.com/2006/02/21/another-observation-on-the-potential-pandemic/#comment-218822 Adelle, you've got it spot on. Panic seems to be our reaction across the board now on health matters. Soon we'll be slaughtering billions of healthy birds to try to stop something that, if it's going to happen, is probably unstoppable. But politicians have to be seen to be doing something, or at least spending our money with abandon. Let's be sensible about this. :-) Adelle, you’ve got it spot on. Panic seems to be our reaction across the board now on health matters. Soon we’ll be slaughtering billions of healthy birds to try to stop something that, if it’s going to happen, is probably unstoppable. But politicians have to be seen to be doing something, or at least spending our money with abandon. Let’s be sensible about this.

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