The swine flu panic will turn into a national sickie

Sarah Standing says that the outbreak has brought out the worst in the governing class and public alike. Ministers and experts feed us with contradictory information, breeding alarmism without dealing with it. Stand by for a civil war between hypochondria and common sense

issue 25 July 2009

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