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VIDEO: Media Disinformation on H1N1 Swine Flu
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By Hans Rosling
Global Research, September 16, 2009
gapminder.org 16 September 2009
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Url of this article:
https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-media-disinformation-on-h1n1-swine-flu/15240
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…Up to May 6, WHO has confirmed that 25 countries are affected by the Swine flu and 31 persons have died from Swine flu. WHO data indicates that about 60 000 persons died from TB during the same period. By a rough comparison with the number of news reports found by Google news search, Hans Rosling calculates a News/Death ratio and issue an alert for a media hype on Swine flu and a neglect of tuberculosis.
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Disclaimer: The contents of this article are of sole responsibility of the author(s). The Centre for Research on Globalization will not be responsible for any inaccurate or incorrect statement in this article.
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