This country ( UK ) is highly prone to mass psychosis. Not really ascribing anything negative there, just an observation.
A few winters ago there was minute by minute updates on Bird Flu.
The press was covering swans and ducks found dead on the ground. Each individual fowl corpse was covered in breathless detail amongst infographics and timelines
The government was manoeuvred into buying close to a billion pounds of Tamiflu treatment. Some of that was returned, but £500m wasn’t (thanks to commentators below )
A few winters ago there was minute by minute updates on Bird Flu.
The press was covering swans and ducks found dead on the ground. Each individual fowl corpse was covered in breathless detail amongst infographics and timelines
The government was manoeuvred into buying close to a billion pounds of Tamiflu treatment. Some of that was returned, but £500m wasn’t (thanks to commentators below )
Tamiflu killed more people that the H5N1
So may more examples beyond this