"...we still can’t tell whether we are all about to die or whether we are being sold a bill of goods."

zarq — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:52:36 -0800

'The stories about epidemics that are told in the American press—their plots and tropes—date to the 1920's, when modern research science, science journalism, and science fiction were born.' This is the story of how the media back then (January, 1930) helped fuel fears about a parrot-fever pandemic, and the subsequent public backlash. (Via) Article is from 2009.

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