Calls for scepticism

"Traditional skepticism is missing in discussions of pandemic flu."

Here is a call for discussion which again argues that bird flu talk has raised fears unnecessarily. I don't experience that as most of the people I talk to are not afraid or even aware.

But it wold be nice if this writer is right and there is nothing much to worry about:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0321/p09s01-coop.html