In this case people who have a responsibility to plan for the worst case in order to be prepared were reported on by the media. The planners did what they are supposed to do; they planned. The reporters did what they are supposed to; they reported. And I did what I was supposed to do; I considered the situation and said to myself; "sounds like they have that part under control."
I also repressed the urge to set the caps lock and hold down punctuation keys.
Uh, imagining the worst case IS how they hype it in order to sell. And why should a flu need to be "sold"? To "protect" people? How? By convincing them to get vaccinated? Is that all? Or is it to convince them to go along with mandatory vaccination even though, as well as the specific legislation that completely indemnifies the vaccine makers for any deaths over a vaccine that contains known poisonous materials prepared with grossly inadequate human testing?
Yeah, I guess it WOULD take a lot of media hype, as well as calm, cool people saying "no problem, move along," to try to force the country into that level of suicide.