Here's a quote you might find apt:
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In short - living your life by the news is like driving using only the rear view mirror. Both only show a selective part of the past - not the future. Please post your feelings about the future. A good idea or skill should not be kept to oneself.
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It is from this thread:
Pandemic prep teachable moment : Effect Measure
These snippets may also be of interest but the whole thread is worth reading if you are after a balanced view of the real professionals instead of what you are fed in MSM.
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Far as I can tell, the public health authorities across most of North America have used this "teachable moment" to assure people that the flu is mild, that the "pandemic" is more a technical than a real problem, and that everything that needs to be done is being done.
In consequence of our don't-worry-about-it messaging, we have achieved a high level of disinterest in, and complacency about, the pandemic. Published polls show this to be true. For example, see:
Despite ?Pandemic,? Swine Flu Worry Dwindles
If/when we need to actually motivate people to take steps to protect themselves, and if/when we need to start talking up complicated and problematic community level interventions, then we will no doubt be seen by many as, and accused of, once again, being either a) scaremongers, or b) Pollyannas who failed to tell people earlier about the risk.
Which is to say I think we have failed to communicate in a manner consistent with known principles of effective risk communications. The practical result of this may well be that our eventual management of this outbreak will be less effective than it should be.
As in: more people will die than would be the case if we were leveling with people now about what may be coming down later.
German authorities warn of swine flu mutation risk | Health | Reuters
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And if you want some deeper info on Flu etc please go to this page:
biology : Effect Measure
Cheers,
Brad