Seems like ever since the book
The Hot Zone came out, every few months the media goes crazy about a new communicable disease that will be the New Plague. We've heard about Ebola, Hanta Virus, new deady flu strains, West Nile Virus, the "Mysterious Cruise Ship Sickness" and now this damned pneumonia.
Having been suckered in many times before, I can now say I am positively sick of it all.