| Apr 30 |
Swine flu threatens, but already worse are hospital acquired infections
But while fighting swine flu is vital, in some ways the media coverage of it and public panic toward it are disproportionate, at least in the context of other deadly infections which assail us daily and rarely are noted on the public radar that swine flu now commands. These other afflictions are varied and many, but they include what is virtually a hidden epidemic: hospital acquired infections. |
As the swine flu crisis nears pandemic proportions, millions worldwide brace for possible exposure to a virus more dangerous than many other flu bugs — a virus so dangerous it could kill.