Comments on: #Swineflu: Networked Comms http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/04/29/swineflu-networked-comms/ Global risks and how to respond to them, edited by Alex Evans and David Steven Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Steven http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/04/29/swineflu-networked-comms/comment-page-1/#comment-9573 David Steven Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:52:33 +0000 http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/04/29/swineflu-networked-comms/#comment-9573 Jenkins sounds like the drunk down my local pub who everyone inches away from as the evening goes on. In my opinion, anyone who *knows* this is all hype is a fool. As is anyone who *knows* that tens of millions of people are going to die. Isn't that what a risk is? A danger that may or may not happen - and one whose probability can usually only be imperfectly quantified? Jenkins sounds like the drunk down my local pub who everyone inches away from as the evening goes on.

In my opinion, anyone who *knows* this is all hype is a fool. As is anyone who *knows* that tens of millions of people are going to die.

Isn’t that what a risk is? A danger that may or may not happen – and one whose probability can usually only be imperfectly quantified?

]]>