Comments on: Swine Flu — The Media and Twitter

By: Cathy Shey

Cathy Shey — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:41:40 +0000

We should be thankful that the swine flu did not spread very rapidly. it is not very deadly like Ebola but swine flu can still kill you.

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| cystic acne treatment — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:01:24 +0000

I have a relative who got the Swine Flu in Mexico. It is a good thing that he already recovered from this disease.

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~Melatonin Effects — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:40:28 +0000

the use of face masks and boosting your immune system by taking lots of vitamin-C is still an effective way of preventing the spread of the Swine Flu virus.

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How To Detoxify Your Body — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:52:45 +0000

the spread of AH1N1 or Swine Flu is really scary. It is a good thing that this virus is not very deadly. We are advised to take Vitamin-C and to wear face masks.

By: pacer521

pacer521 — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:24:34 +0000

Thanks for the post and compliment, Jesse.

By: pacer521

pacer521 — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:23:59 +0000

Sam, thanks for the comment. Yeah, the flu was spun a lot. I actually contracted a nasty flu unrelated to H1N1 right around the time of its media spike, and no one wanted to get close to me. There were many people that were made to think (and still do) that the flu would eventually take over the world. Figures…

By: Jesse Smith

Jesse Smith — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:07:21 +0000

Interesting and professional post, I can't believe you are only 13…

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:15:44 +0000

So true, nice post! Its so frustrating to watch people reacting in completely the wrong way. At least there does seem to be some people around with common sense!

By: pacer521

pacer521 — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:23:39 +0000

Thanks for the comment, furious.

Details do get lost these days, and your right — no one really wants to read anything past the headline anymore and because of that, all the facts and explanation are left out of the media's writings. I guess you could call me an old-fashion media fan, although I probably never lived to see a true report of that caliber.

By: FuriousI

FuriousI — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:18:09 +0000

One of the pitfalls of our on-demand lifestyles is that no one really wants to go beyond the headline, or 140 words. We take in as much as we can as fast as we can and a lot of details get lost. The stories get blown out of proportion and fade faster than they came, but by that time there's a new snippet of news rocketing to the forefront.

It's great to be able to have access to so much current, unfiltered info, but at the same time it gets harder to separate rumor and speculation from fact.