Loosing a loved one to disease is a tragedy that is suffered by people of every race, creed, and national origin. Whether it is cancer, heart disease, pneumonia, or swine flu, it is the blinding pain of loosing someone you care for and being powerless to stop it.
But whenever the media starts frothing like this, it concerns me. And the journalism surrounding Swine Flu strikes me as having a particularly jaundiced glow.