Scaremongering

It will come as no surprise to anyone that I'm not at all worried about Swine Flu. In fact, I'm getting sick of the constant scaremongering that's going on throughout the world. Yes, be aware. But there's rarely any need to actively worry about these things. Swine 'flu, for example. They reckon it's no worse than regular flu. Which is what I've said all along. In an average winter, 8-9,000 people die of 'flu. On AVERAGE. The most was a few years ago where 21,000 died. And H1N1 has claimed what, 30 people? Ooh, scary.

I mean, for god's sake - we have notices up at work to show people how to correctly sneeze. It tells you to cover your mouth and throw away used tissues. No, really? So manners are apparently so uncommon that we now need actual written information on how to have them?

And now we have this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8202188.stm

So the warning is now "don't give this to your children because if they develop a severe lack of self-control in the future and indulge on an excessive amount, they might have an increased risk of cancer".

Several issues with that. The main one being that there's no actual direct link. It's the overeating that's the issue, not the meat. Yes, it's cured with salt, which can be bad, but only if you eat too much of it. Like anything.

Ridiculous.