Reply #12: The CDC and WHO have not over reacted to the swine flu

[rustydog]

The media helped perpetuate an error in definition of Pandemic. which means worldwide transmission of disease. Not lethality.

At the start of the press and their entertainment driven ratings grabbing reporting style, I began reading CDC reports and WHO reports on the outbreak and realized the media was not reporting responsibly.

A flu that may not be any more dangerous than seasonal flu but is spreading rapidly because it is a new strain is not news. the deaths of citizens in mexico is and the death of an infant in Texas is.
What if the infection rate in Mexico is in the millions already yet the illness and death rate remains as is?

DAMN, nothing to bring viewers back for the 6pm news!

But it is very prudent for the government to mobilize in areas they have, nothing has been hurt by this. No "Good Job" as people hang from rooftops response like the last administration.

I work in a hospital and attended daily meetings going over what CDC reports and what cases we were seeing and what our response would be.
No one in the govt panicked, no one running our health care facility panicked, we only took steps to be prepared for a possible huge influx of flu patients.

The panic was on people who watched network news and listened to FOX blame the flu on illegal immigrants and the rush to hospitals began.

Place the blame where it belongs, firmly on sloppy, ratings-grabbing entertainment driven news divisions.