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Media looking for something to sell is absolutely part of it, the bigger part is a poor information environment -
On Meddit everyone seems aware of all the pieces and therefore concern is low, however elsewhere (including here) people seem to be missing or misunderstanding one or more of these pieces.
That can easily breed fear. For instance some people in gen pop think this is a possible pandemic. No not really. Some people here think this could plausibly be a bioweapon no not really.
But if you are concerned about either of those things panic and discussion seem reasonable enough.
FWIW, that has been the approach of the Finnish media. "This is very unusual and a deadly outbreak but there is no reason for concern as human to human transmission is very inefficient and thus risk of any sort of pandemic is very low".
Basically the same as if there was an Ebola outbreak on a cruise ship. That'd be newsworthy and reason for cautioning travelers who may have interacted with people from that ship but otherwise just "stuff happens abroad, evening news as usual".
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