Authorities around the world have to perform a delicate balancing act in their response to the latest pandemic threat from the swine flu outbreak originating in Mexico. The flu virus is so unpredictable and scientific knowledge about the latest strain so scarce that no one can say yet with any confidence whether a pandemic is imminent – and if so how lethal it will be. A real sense of urgency is needed to prepare health systems for the worst; yet it is essential to avoid public panic and overreaction, which could do more harm than the disease itself.
面對墨西哥豬流感爆發所帶來的大規模疫情威脅，世界各國政府必須審慎把握平衡。流感病毒如此不可預測，有關最新型病毒的科學知識如此缺乏，以至于目前沒有人能夠下斷論說，大規模疫情是否近在眼前，而且如果是的話，它會有多大的致命性。要使醫療體系準備好對付最糟糕情況，需要有真切的緊迫感，但政府也很有必要避免公眾恐慌和反應過度，以免比疾病本身造成更大的損害。
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