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Editor, Senior Moderator
Simon N. Williams
Nature
483,
158
(08 March 2012)
doi:10.1038/483158a
Published online
07 March 2012
Experts on pandemic influenza need to convince governments and the public that, although the 2009?10 'swine flu' pandemic proved to be relatively mild, the threat posed by future flu pandemics is severe and warrants more investment in public education and research (Nature 482, 131; 2012).
Without effective education, there is a danger that the low mortality in the 2009?10 pandemic will exacerbate public scepticism over the lethality of flu. This could undermine compliance with basic preventative measures, such as conscientious personal hygiene and social isolation.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v483/n7388/full/483158a.html
Nature
483,
158
(08 March 2012)
doi:10.1038/483158a
Published online
07 March 2012
Experts on pandemic influenza need to convince governments and the public that, although the 2009?10 'swine flu' pandemic proved to be relatively mild, the threat posed by future flu pandemics is severe and warrants more investment in public education and research (Nature 482, 131; 2012).
Without effective education, there is a danger that the low mortality in the 2009?10 pandemic will exacerbate public scepticism over the lethality of flu. This could undermine compliance with basic preventative measures, such as conscientious personal hygiene and social isolation.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v483/n7388/full/483158a.html