Ahh, the panic over disease.
Coming from the Toronot area in Canada, I can say that the media is really good at scaring the crap out of the world. We're still hurting from SARS, then we just had that Legionaire's disease freak out. Gotta watch out for those less than 20 killed pandemics.
So, I've seen the news and the CBC over here pointed to a "pandemic" from the past, the Bovine Flu or Pig Flu that was supposed to morph to humans and become the next pandemic. Anyone remeber that pandemic? No. That's because it didn't happen.
Lesson here: Be cautious, we all know it can happen, but let's not freak out until we need to. My biggest worry is that it will become dangerous and the drugs will only make it to the rich countries that don't even have the disease. Hopefully governments will be smart, send the drugs where they are needed and prevent the spread.