I enjoy a joke as much as the next guy, but on a serious note, living and working in Asia, I've personally known people who've died and suffered from SARS and bird flu. I understand that the threats were intangible in North America and Europe so it was easy to take lightly.
It seems the same is happening here - deaths of people in developing nations are all fun, games, and cocktail conversation until someone in the First World dies, then the health departments really start to do more than express concerns.
Also, to anyone using "body count from X is higher than Y" argument, death is death - are we so desensitized that we can get some cheap laughs from other people's grief so long as something else kills more? At least I'm glad to see the totally inappropriate post regarding deceased Mexicans gone, kudos.
That said, a punny caveat whilst maintaining my outrage: Don't be a ham and hog up the comments with boarish spam - you can just can it.
It seems the same is happening here - deaths of people in developing nations are all fun, games, and cocktail conversation until someone in the First World dies, then the health departments really start to do more than express concerns.
Also, to anyone using "body count from X is higher than Y" argument, death is death - are we so desensitized that we can get some cheap laughs from other people's grief so long as something else kills more? At least I'm glad to see the totally inappropriate post regarding deceased Mexicans gone, kudos.
That said, a punny caveat whilst maintaining my outrage: Don't be a ham and hog up the comments with boarish spam - you can just can it.