Is Swine Flu the new Recession

OK so the big news is Swine Flu aka H1N1 aka Mexican Influenza(for the sake of the Israeli Health Minister). Apparently it is going to ravish the population of the world and all nations need to be prepared for this pandemic, so much like it's forbearers SARS and Bird Flu the newspapers have jumped all over this. With blow by blow coverage of infected people (which are so few in number that we know each of them by name) and strange interviews with Swine Flu sufferers from unseen reporters interviewing the sick from their doorsteps, getting them to detail their "condition". The symptoms of a common cold are then reeled off and back to the studio for some news on the leaflets the government will send out or the latest tolls on people affected in each country.The big thing about swine flu isn't the deaths in Mexico (which although tragic, they are miniscule compared to the deaths from other forms of flu or even the rarest of household accidents) but the amazing way that since it appeared the recession has dissapeared. Two weeks ago the papers were full of doom and gloom everyday, people loosing there jobs, factories closing down, yound people not being able to find work (or when they can, they actually get money on benefits than working for minimum wage....but don't get me started). This seems to have all dissapeared and sore throats and sniffles are the headline news. Not to worry though once the lemsip kicks in I'm sure the newspapers will be back to arguing about the price of peas and mis-understanding the new rates of tax.