Swine Flu takes a back seat to climate change

With the climate talks taking place in Copenhagen this week, people will be noticing how this will now dominate the news headlines, and swine flu takes a backseat. Although, it can be argued for the last few weeks and months, the news and media about swine flu has died down even before this conference. It just shows, how quickly news stories that linger around for months can come and go, and how quickly news stories can change. However, this week is still going to be interesting to see what actual progress is made. So far not a mention on the news has been made about how climate change might be affecting outbreaks of new diseases and viruses, which I think is a worthwhile point. Indeed, it's a valid point, that if there was no climate change, would we have experiences outbreaks like bird and swine flu. I'shall be watching with close attention to see what dialogues take place, and what proposals are put forward. It always seems we do too little and it comes too late, let's hope it's not the same with climate change.