Tag: Swine Flu

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The Internet and the Flu

May 4, 2009

While many around me were complaning that the WHO and various national health monitoring agencies hadn’t moved fast enough to stop the spread of the swine flu, I can’t help but think of the differences between the outbreak of SARS a couple of years ago and the current outbreak we are living through right now.… Read More The Internet and the Flu

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CNN Commentary: ‘Why swine flu scares us’

April 28, 2009

Commentary: Why swine flu scares us By Bob Greene, CNN Contributor Take a stroll through the aisles of one of the big national chain-pharmacy stores: Walgreens, or CVS, or Rite Aid. You probably have done exactly that recently — paying a visit to one of the big drugstores is something Americans do almost by rote… Read More CNN Commentary: ‘Why swine flu scares us’