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Michael Fumento says that there's a lot of unjustified hysteria over the "inevitable" avian flu pandememic.
Posted by Rand Simberg at November 14, 2005 12:09 PM
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I suppose I should just be glad...
Excerpt: ...that the possibility of an influenza pandemic is being discussed more widely today than it was a few weeks ago, but I note with frustration that discussion of this topic is also becoming more polarized with time. It's bad enough
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I think this is the best quote from the article:
"Headlines like 'Flu Pandemic Could Kill 150 Million, U.N. Warns' (Reuters) certainly haven't helped. Never mind that the figure was tossed off by a single official who provided a range of '5 million to 150 million.' (Translation: "We haven't the foggiest.") Similarly, the media have generally morphed the federal government's estimate of 200,000 to 1.9 million deaths to simply '1.9 million deaths.' Also not helping is the media propensity to seek out the most alarmist 'experts.'"
Reminds me of global warming predictions.
Posted by Troodon at November 14, 2005 07:07 PM
Serve me some of that crow too. On the other hand, having false positives of ten predicted pandemics vs. one actual still warrants spending of almost 1/10 the damage mitigated even if the investment is completely depreciated in a year.
Posted by Sam Dinkin at November 15, 2005 06:52 AM
This is the Fumento who wrote _The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS_, right?
What credibility.
Posted by Paul Dietz at November 23, 2005 06:49 AM
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