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The Media and the Flu

The Media and the Flu

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 | 3:29 PM ET

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About this Report

Wendy Mesley hosts a panel discussion about how the media has covered the swine flu story. Has it informed, or alarmed, the public? Dr. Allison McGeer and Dr. Richard Schabas join in the discussion.

OUR PANELISTS

Dr. Allison McGeer is a Microbiologist and Infectious Disease Consultant with the Department of Microbiology at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto.

Dr. Richard Schabas is Medical Officer of Health for the Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit, Consultant Internist at Campbellford Memorial Hospital. and the former Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health from 1987-1997.

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