Everybody calm down, have a cup of tea, and do some math.

[somehedgehog]

Readers, a gentle reminder, which comes out of a discussion with my father, a developing world public health consultant

Comments

[russiandude]

Seriously, people do not understand math. And scale.

[pelgar]

Bah! You and your infernal mathematics.
Don't you know that there's a plague going on?

I've seen this disease spread. 1, 2, 5, 11, back to 4, then millions!
It plays out right before your eyes! {good luck getting Madagascar!}

[teaberryblue]

We needed this last week :-P Are people still in an uproar?

I thought I heard they cut the number of suspected deaths in Mexico down to just under 100 after cutting the number of cases down to about 43% of the original suspected number, too?

[somehedgehog]

Eh, I guess I'm just slow to respond. I am still seeing a fair amount of "OMGZ IT'S IN EVERY STATE" alarmism.

I hadn't heard that they'd cut down the number in Mexico that far, but it wouldn't surprise me. I'll dig around a bit.

[agiel]

Today my boss sent me home from work because I have a cough and raspy voice. So fear of swine flu has positive effects as well!

[reverendj]

It's not like there's been 24/7 hype/fear-mongering on CNN and their ilk to push this story on.