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Did media overplay swine flu panic?

Many people argue that the media has overplayed the swine flu panic. But others feel the TV channels have been performing their social responsibility.

The channels did their job decently well and, as a result, there is awareness about Swine flu among people. If the people now know how to insulate themselves from swine flu or what they should do if one is affected, the credit should go to the media.

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Irrespective of whether the western media had a hidden agenda behind playing up the panic, for the Indian channels, A H1N1 seemed to have come as a saving grace to keep themselves occupied with when the country was devoid of high politics or scandals.

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Posted by: rag_rao@yahoo.com On : Aug 27, 2009 09:08 AM

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Media coverage on swine flu is appreciated to alert all sections since the H1N1 infections infuture course of time is going to play more havoc as the virus subtype is adapting more to humans with increased virulence through reassortments in pigs. As such the manufacturing of vaccines takes more time by which period there might be some changes in the genetic material of present H1N1subtype making it very difficult for mass immunization.

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Posted by: rimmy342@gmail.com On : Aug 26, 2009 19:59 PM

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Due to media the people got aware of the flu but the media overplayed it and people are scared of it witout any reasons

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Posted by: rakesh3323@sify.com On : Aug 26, 2009 18:53 PM

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Indian Media has been sensationalising every thing, they just play with the psyche of ordinary Indians!

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Posted by: sjshah@pn2.vsnl.net.in On : Aug 26, 2009 17:41 PM

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Media has overplayed & created scare in Pune.

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Posted by: teknikom@hotmail.com On : Aug 26, 2009 16:36 PM

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Media has created panic by continuosly bombarding people with the same news again and again,thus giving an impression of a massive outbreak than actual.this also led to panic and overcrowding of the limited govt.facilities, whereby some deserving cases could not have got required attention and further aggravated the situation.

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Posted by: p_atulm@rediffmail.com On : Aug 26, 2009 16:29 PM

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certain extent it is good job but they are in excess.

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Posted by: socrates4875@gmail.com On : Aug 26, 2009 14:14 PM

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Media is making money out of this.. They should create awareness about swine flu , instead they create fear among people .

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Posted by: bkshrinivas2008@yahoo.com On : Aug 26, 2009 13:45 PM

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I agree