Fear Not the Internet
When some new disease or potential epidemic hits the newsstands, people inevitably start doing things they think will protect them.
Of course, this isn't anything new—people always react strangely when a threat emerges. And the things people do to ward off new threats are usually simply amusing—such as not eating cooked chicken to prevent catching bird flu. But sometimes people react in a way that can actually cause them more harm than if they simply carried on their lives as usual.
Read the rest of this really great article here,
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1883072,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000614
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