Originally Posted by
phantomman
+1!
I blame the hysterical lame-stream media with its "if it bleeds it leads" mentality. They seem to thrive on promoting panic instead of presenting scientific facts. The Kung Flu is serious but documentably less so than H1N1, SARS, and a host of other maladies that have emerged since the turn of the century. And political opportunists at all levels -- local, state, and federal -- are using this situation to create fear and a dependency mentality among the citizenry.