Fearmongering 101

Definition of fearmongering: making money by scaring people. I do not have an educated opinion about the current flu scare, but I do have enough education in microbiology to know that I don't know. I have read over the years claims that a swine flu scare was overblown for industry interests, and claims and opinions that the anthrax scare we had after 9/11 was from U.S. sources.
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Swine Flu?
A Panic Stoked in Order to Posture and Spend:
by Simon Jenkins 4/29/9
guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/29/swine-flu-mexico-uk-media1
informationclearinghouse.info/article22521.htm
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