The biggest news a few months ago, now affecting every prefecture in Japan, has blipped off our radar screens. For the time being.
I'm talking about the H1N1 swine flu virus that originated in Mexico, took wing across oceans and continents, and eventually settled down here despite our government's panicky measures.
Time to learn some lessons. We need to prevent a public panic from once again causing discrimination against the ill.
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