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Bird Flu
Studies from Syracuse University further understanding of bird flu
January 6th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Human Ecology Review, "Journalistic reporting of global warming and of avian influenza rose and fell nearly simultaneously in newspapers of the United States, Canada, Britain, Ireland, and Australia. Some international news peaks are reasonably interpreted as American-generated ''media events'' of ambiguous connection to worsening real-world threats." "Major international concern about avian flu, beginning in October 2005, resulted from a flurry of activity in Washington, D.C. to rapidly increase federal preparedness for a possible pandemic. This, in turn, was a face-saving action by the Bush administration...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-01-06)
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