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Videophotog had an interesting link approved today from ABC's Science and Society section of their website, but for a completely different reason than he intended.
He originally meant to show an article about the most dangerous search terms to use on the internet, but the story had moved down the page and another took its place, one about the avian flu.
Read a snippet of the article:
"Outbreak?
"In the village of Kubu Sembelang, Karo District, North Sumatra, Indonesia, six people in one extended family have died of avian flu, and it may be that they passed the disease from one person to another, instead of getting it directly from birds around them.
"At first glance it sounds a bit worrisome, and the World Health Organization is sending in a team to keep an eye on things.
"But they have not raised their alert level. And our Medical Unit, which provides a very valuable service by polling experts in their fields, got a series of responses after this story broke yesterday, which mostly have one theme: don't panic. Take a breath. We don't know enough. Seven cases, all several weeks ago, do not make a pandemic."
Notice anything strange? Instead of sensationalism, ABC's writer has opted to report the truth -- that there's nothing to worry about yet. This is, of course, in contrast to the expected "We're all going to die" propoganda that we see day in and day out from other news sources.
It's a sad day when we have to praise honest and balanced news instead of simply expecting it the way we should, but I still think this is worth noting.
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