You really can't blame the media for wanting to cover a story that has the potential of impacting the whole planet. You can however blame them for overreacting and causing a world wide panic. Sure the prospect of millions of people dying is a terrible thought, but until people start dropping like flies shouldn't the media excersize a little restraint and rather than doing stories on worse case scenarios present the facts as they stand and suggest ways in which to avoid contracting the illness to begin with?
