Comments on: Flu hysteria in Poland http://blog.jakubpawlowicz.com/2009/11/05/flu-hysteria-in-poland/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:44:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jakub Pawlowicz http://blog.jakubpawlowicz.com/2009/11/05/flu-hysteria-in-poland/#comment-325 Jakub Pawlowicz Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:13:33 +0000 http://blog.jakubpawlowicz.com/?p=286#comment-325 Thanks for comment Mike. It's really weird to me about this disproportion between the eastern and western media. For the past week the flu was the top news in all media here but Ukraine is no more. Regarding the flu, it is well known that complications after seasonal flu can lead to deaths and each year the death toll is in thousands people, but up to this year it wasn't a top news. I bet media doesn't have anything better to do. Thanks for comment Mike. It’s really weird to me about this disproportion between the eastern and western media. For the past week the flu was the top news in all media here but Ukraine is no more.

Regarding the flu, it is well known that complications after seasonal flu can lead to deaths and each year the death toll is in thousands people, but up to this year it wasn’t a top news. I bet media doesn’t have anything better to do.

]]> By: Mike Spark http://blog.jakubpawlowicz.com/2009/11/05/flu-hysteria-in-poland/#comment-323 Mike Spark Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:20:02 +0000 http://blog.jakubpawlowicz.com/?p=286#comment-323 A personal friend of mine just came back from Lviv, Ukraine. She says that she couldn't spot a single man without a gauze bandage. Moreover, people there already avoid gathering into large groups, public transport such as buses is deserted etc. http://www.president.gov.ua/news/15609.html - here the Ukrainian president Victor Yushchenko imposes a criminal responsibility for, quoting, 'criminal caresslessness' in fighting the epidemic. And about the media reaction: contrary to the western ones, the ex-USSR media cover the events very closely. You can check it on the site of 'Kommersant': http://kommersant.ru/theme.aspx?ThemesID=422 - a well-known russian newspaper, which tracks back its history up to 1909. Cheers. A personal friend of mine just came back from Lviv, Ukraine. She says that she couldn’t spot a single man without a gauze bandage. Moreover, people there already avoid gathering into large groups, public transport such as buses is deserted etc.

http://www.president.gov.ua/news/15609.html – here the Ukrainian president Victor Yushchenko imposes a criminal responsibility for, quoting, ‘criminal caresslessness’ in fighting the epidemic.

And about the media reaction: contrary to the western ones, the ex-USSR media cover the events very closely. You can check it on the site of ‘Kommersant’: http://kommersant.ru/theme.aspx?ThemesID=422 – a well-known russian newspaper, which tracks back its history up to 1909.

Cheers.

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