Posts Tagged ‘Swine flu’

Vindication!!

Posted: August 14, 2009 in H1N1 virus
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Please click on the title or click here to read the Hindustan Times headline in the Mumbai edition today. In a nutshell, here’s what it says: It is time to stop the panic: SWINE FLU is going to be around and we’ll have to learn to live with it, say public health experts. Nearly half [...]

Flu again…

Posted: August 13, 2009 in Pune
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A couple of my friends called me up after reading my post to say that things were bad in Pune and maybe I was understating the threat. I never said it wasn’t bad, I only said that the media shouldn’t be treating this like the plague of 1666. Thirteen dead at last count, but it’s [...]

….and swine flew

Posted: August 12, 2009 in Pune, virus
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The media, both print and broadcast, has, as usual, gone overboard in the coverage of H1N1. That’s not surprising at all, since by now we are used to the Rajdeep Sardesais and the Arnab Goswamis frothing from the mouth, even if some kid called Prince falls into a hole. I am sorry, I don’t watch [...]