[karajorma]

That's exactly what happened with SARS. People say that it was a storm in a teacup cause it didn't kill many people and don't realise that it was so minor precisely because of the quarantines etc.

[Roanoke]

what's most worrying is it was over a week between the swan being found and the "confirmation"

[Grug]

Stop watching tv or media. Tis what I do.
Get near all my info off the net.

If you're saying you get it off internet news pipelines, then what difference does it make?

That its not being shoved down my throat on news flashes because I'm not watching TV?
When I go to the news pages I don't have to read the **** I don't care about. That's the beauty of it.
Of course I always try to find multiple sources and read everything with a pinch of salt.