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>would you rather a modern Spanish flu pandemic kill half a billion people? That's asinine. As if the choices are panicked fear or death. Do you think those pu
by unclebucknasty 11y ago
>would you rather a modern Spanish flu pandemic kill half a billion people?
That's asinine. As if the choices are panicked fear or death. Do you think those public health agencies would be somehow less effective in the absence of fear-mongering?
My comment is not a question of there being public health threats. It's about the media coverage and the incessant need to sell fear in these times.
- lern_too_spel 11y agoThe author works in public health. Public health policy doesn't happen in a vacuum. Implementing the plan in the article requires public funds, and so it's perfectly reasonable to inform the public.
- unclebucknasty 11y ago>Public health policy doesn't happen in a vacuum. Yes, as any public health official will attest, public health policy happens best in a climate of unbridled fear and panic.