Swine flu infects the net
HEALTH WEBSITES have had a bad case of swine flu fever over recent weeks as hypochondriacs walloped the sites to learn if their sniffles were something a bit more serious.
According to the AP, Internet traffic to the website of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention soared in April as Americans searched for information about swine flu.
Comscore said the number of unique US visitors to CDC.gov rose by 142 per cent in April compared with the previous month to 5.7 million.
Jack Flanagan, executive vice president of Comscore Media Metrix said that when news of the swine flu pandemic erupted, many Americans turned to the Internet as their primary source of information for how to keep themselves and their families safe.
As a result many of them may now think they are suffering from either swine flu or the bubonic plague when all they really have is a slight case of the spring sniffles. µ
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How dare the public want to know more about their possible illnesses when a mysterious almost pandemic looms about? I think groveling in ignorance places us back in the dark ages. Quest for knowledge on our information highway via net is fantastic.
Kudos for folks wanting answers and to be their own advocates gleaning anything that "higher ups" or other searchers might know about how to protect themselves and loved ones!
Ignorance is so "middle ages". I'm sure the plague victims would have loved info in their desperate time of need. Searchers should never be called hypochondriacs. An enlightened new century with a healthy quest for knowledge is a very good thing and might just stave full pandemic hysteria.