Should The Public Health Response To Swine Flu Be Considered Alarmist?

Should The Public Health Response To Swine Flu Be Considered Alarmist?
In a paper just published on bmj.com, a US expert says that the public health measures taken in response to swine flu may be seen as alarmist, overly restrictive, or even unfounded. Peter Doshi is a doctoral student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He argues that plans for pandemics need to have further considerations than the worst case scenarios. He recommends a new outline in relation to epidemic disease.