Swine Flu - Conspiracy or Incompetence?

Now we know that dire forecasts of a world Swine flu pandemic of 1918 proportions, where millions died, was just a bad dose of hysterics. It turns out Swine flu is no more dangerous, outside Mexico at least, than a mild headache, sweat and sore throat - a little bit less than 'man flu' it seems. Are we that desperate for disasters that we have to make them up? You can understand politicians hyping it up eager, as they are, to divert attention away from their own failures. But the UN? Maybe it's a cry for attention after their own dismal inability to solve pressing international crises. I do not blame newspapers; they just hold up a mirror for us to see ourselves in. It's true many don't like the image that comes back.
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