Thread: The Bird Flu is Comming! The Bird Flu is Comming!
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Old 05-04-2006, 10:26 AM   #5
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Y2k Computer bug.

Ebola.

SARS.

I honestly believe all of this crap (of which I also consider the bird flu scare to be) is because of a bored and overexposed media. This is true in a few areas.

Scary news gets better ratings.

There are too many media outlets with nothing to report, so it makes for a good story...."what could happen if every nuclear reactor in the US melted down at the same time? Join our MSNBC team report tonight at 9:00."

Each news outlet is afraid that if they ignore something that could become big then they will look like idiots and can't claim to have "had the story first".

So....that's a rather long explanation of why, um....no. I will not be stocking up on everything.
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