Comments on: Bad Day Bird Flu

By: Walter Strapps

Walter Strapps — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 17:51:08 +0000

Uh, ‘idiot’ scientists? McGee, when writing about something you don’t understand (the scientific method) it would be helpful it you didn’t claim that people who DO understand it are ‘idiots’.

Especially when you then go on to use the evidence they’ve produced doing their experiments to make your own arguments…

By: Raimie

Raimie — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:26:42 +0000

It’s nothing new, and I don’t think it has anything to do with 9/11 either. Look back and the news has always been dominated by “scary stories”. They range from how some busload of whoever got smeared by a train 3/4 of the way across the nation to Y2K to huge and deadly epidemics that never come to pass.

Sadly, the truth of the matter is that the news, like anything else in this world, is driven by supply and demand. If they think it will draw more viewers/listeners/readers, they’ll slap it on the headlines. If they think the story will make someone switch channels to find a more “juicy” bit of news to watch, they’ll scrap it or use it as some corny segway to predict the local weather.

By: Craig D. Roberts

Craig D. Roberts — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:57:01 +0000

It’s interesting how an ‘anti-Bush’ media has actually helped hype the bird flu issue. What’s in it for them? Fear sells, I guess.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:40:46 +0000

Thank you for posting that about Rumsfeld. As much as it makes my brain want to explode, I feel I'm better off knowing about it. (Really bad stupid joke time!) I wonder who in the administration had the investment in duct tape. Didn't that just seem like an experiment in discovering how much loyalty we had for fear? Yes, it's out of date, but it still grinds my gears!

By: Alison Wonderland

Alison Wonderland — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:57:14 +0000

When SARS hit Toronto, it took me a few weeks to actually realise that it was a serious situation and not just another flu warning. That’s because it was just a normal day in a normal week. All over the news, the epidemic was being talked and talked about. Especially on US and British news stations.

Makes me think that people want there to be biological war sooner than later.

By: KobukSohn

KobukSohn — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 13:04:22 +0000

Ah, fear.

It’s what drives people to buy dozens of automatic weapons to defend themselves instead of perhaps just one or even a simple pistol and/or a rifle. (Not that I have anything against people who collect weapons as a hobby, but more than ten guns meant purely for protection purposes is a bit excessive…)

It’s what drives people to go to bogus “healers” in remote foreign areas who can supposedly grab these vague tumor-esque “bad things” out of a person’s body without surgery, but are really just cheating terminally ill people out of thousands of dollars at a time.

It’s what drives people to spend excessive fees on bogus computer virus-prevention programs when simply not downloading programs from sites you don’t trust (and staying out of porn sites) could suffice. Besides, most computers come with a free anti-virus program, yet people still insist on buying more and more protection that they won’t need.

Sadly, many homes don’t even have the basic necessities required of common emergencies, lacking items such as fire alarms, fire extinguishers or even a nearby telephone to call 911 if a situation requires of such.