Monday, May 11, 2009

What is the Right Amount of Swine Flu Coverage?

Dr. Hans Rosling (Gapminder) has posted a short, but effective video comparing the coverage of Swine Flu to a more constant killer like Tuberculosis. He decries the fact that Swine flu has generated many orders of magnitude more coverage per death than Tuberculosis. Dr. Rosling has a point. The media could be said to be disproportionately covering Swine Flu.... http://ping.fm/TgTpr

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