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Posted by on 9 Aug, 2009 in My Stream | 0 comments

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Bubbleologist Samsam Bubbleman blows the worlds largest free-floating soap bubble – Telegraph

Posted by on 6 Aug, 2009 in My Stream | 0 comments

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/5971463/Bubbleologist-Samsam-Bubbleman-blows-the-worlds-largest-free-floating-soap-bubble.html

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A great visualization of media hype

Posted by on 5 Aug, 2009 in My Stream | 0 comments

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A great visualization of global media scare stories over time – Swine Flu is measurably bigger than previous hyped stories.

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Alex Bowyer: Swine flu – From the horses mouth

Posted by on 5 Aug, 2009 in My Stream | 0 comments

http://alexbowyer.blogspot.com/2009/08/swine-flu-from-horses-mouth.html

my personal write up of swine flu

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Swine flu – From the horse’s mouth

Posted by on 5 Aug, 2009 in Lifenotes | 0 comments

Dispelling the myths about H1N1

Swine flu has been all over the news for the last few months, especially in the UK; You could hardly miss it. But as with many things which are analyzed and deconstructed ad nauseum in the media over several months, the reality is somewhat different from the hype.

Having experienced swine flu first hand, and recovered, I feel compelled to set the record straight:

1) Swine flu is just another form of flu

New flu viruses appear every year, and despite its sinister sounding name, swine flu is just another variant. Most variants don’t get to have their own name outside of scientific circles – this one did for two reasons: Firstly, it originated in pigs not in humans; Secondly, it is extremely virulent. That does *not* mean that it is extremely serious – just that it is easily spread from human to human, more so than is normal for flu.

What seems to have happened is that a great deal of stigma has been attached to the name. “It’s not just flu, it’s SWINE flu, it must be AWFUL!”.

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