Swine Flu is obviously a serious issue and its spread and development are to be carefully followed and analysed. However the most deadly element of the virus is not the flu itself but a by product in the form of media coverage.
Everywhere a sufferer looks they may see articles or hear stories about a virus that will kill humanity. Unfortunatley it is the articles themselves that finish you off.
When put into two seperate test chambers a man suffering from Swine Flu and a healthy man were observed. The man with the Flu was given medical treatment and lots of rest. The second man was given a copy of a daily newspaper. As the days passed we saw a strange reversal in the patients health. The man with Swine Flu slowly recovered, regaining his health and was soon fully restored. The second unfortunate looked wan and pale from his very first reading of the Daily Mail. His dour expression persisted until he entered the second stage of blind panic, convinced that the imminent pandemic would push house prices right down! Eventually a few hours later he simply lost the will to live.
Swine Flu is dangerous but as you can see the real danger lies in the globe's growing rates of literacy, entitling anyone to read and write. Who's the real Swine?
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