top two news stories on the Sydney Morning Herald site

[erilyn]

1. Only 7 swine flu deaths, not 152, says WHO

2. WHO raises swine flu alert: pandemic 'imminent'

Comments

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Starvation is not easily contagious to middle class westerners?

[copracat]

I think you've hit that nail on its head.

[lastrega.livejournal.com]

The criteria for phase 5 aren't simply numbers of deaths, it's also human-human transmission and spread of cases. The media have been reporting the phase without reporting what it actually means.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I heard, but it doesn't stop me from being amused by the incongruence of the two headlines :)

[lastrega.livejournal.com]

I got the WHO memo today with all the details, but because we blew our download limit and are therefore throttled, I can't get it right now, otherwise I'd quote it.