Comments on: Swine flu alert! News/Death ratio: 8176

By: Max

Max — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:09:55 +0000

Of course most newsworthy events don’t involve any death, so their news/death ratio is infinity.

By: Max

Max — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:56:27 +0000

The seasonal flu kills 500,000 people worldwide each year. The 1918 flu pandemic killed 50-100 MILLION people back when the world’s population was a quarter of what it is today. Swine flu had the potential to be anywhere in between, so it’s on par with tuberculosis, which kills 1.8 million people, of whom 1 in 4 also have HIV.
I’m personally more interested in news about swine flu than about TB, because swine flu is more likely to kill me this year.

By: Hype-koefficienten

Hype-koefficienten — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:49:25 +0000

[...] såg också nyligen detta tänkvärda inlägg av Hans Rosling i svininfluensadebatten och lade ihop ett och ett. Borde man inte kunna använda [...]

By: “News/Death Ratio” Hans Rosling, alerta con los medios! « La compreria

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:29:30 +0000

[...] crear algunas divertidas, cuando tenga tiempo… Hoy me he encontrado con esta historia “Swine flu alert! News/Death Ratio“, en la que Rosling sorprende con su ratio “noticias/muertes” comparando muertes [...]

By: Pandemic Flu Online » Swine flu alert! News/Death ratio: 8176

Pandemic Flu Online » Swine flu alert! News/Death ratio: 8176 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:25:12 +0000

[...] Source: Gapminder.org [...]

By: Andrés Maneiro (amaneiro) 's status on Wednesday, 16-Sep-09 15:25:25 UTC - Identi.ca

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:25:41 +0000

[...] @ceyusa have you seen the Hans Roslings video on swine flu? http://www.gapminder.org/videos/swine-flu-alert-news-death-ratio-tuberculosis/ [...]

By: Meriem

Meriem — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:23:55 +0000

Thank you so much.

I am glad people like you exist.

I am glad people like you stand up to bring some light into the confusion created by a society that has become too far from humanity and too close to profit-profit-maximize-profit-fast-fast-never-stop-don’t-think-just-do-it-where-is-my-bank-account-statement-am-i-a-winner…

THANK YOU.

By: Dave S

Dave S — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:36:19 +0000

We (as adult humans) notice what changes in our environment and have to be reminded of that which remains constant. Thanks for the reminder. Think of a humming florescent light in the kitchen and a fly darting around your living room- which do you pay more attention to?

By: Hans Rosling: Global health expert and data visionary | OBRA MAESTRA

Hans Rosling: Global health expert and data visionary | OBRA MAESTRA — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:00:17 +0000

[...] this Video Swine flu alert! News/Death ratio: 8176 Posted May 8, 2009 News/Death ratio for Swine flu and [...]

By: Muzungu : Miedos inducidos

Muzungu : Miedos inducidos — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:28:43 +0000

[...] sospecha que tengo viene reforzada de una manera gráfica en un pequeño vídeo que no llega a los 5 minutos: el profesor Hans Rossling, un especialista en desarrollo y en salud [...]