I've been amazed for a while that swine flue has been given such an important status, but couldn't quite put my finger on it, until I saw this today:

It's worth noting during current hysteria that according to the WHO, about 1,700 people have died from swine flue in the world, while the usual flue is said to kill between 250,000 and 500,000 each year. translated from Swedish

And then, I find this in a friend's status on facebook (translated from french):

90 people catch the H1N1 flue and everyone wants to wear a mask. 5 million people have AIDS and noone wants to wear a condom!! 1000 people die from flue A in a rich country, it's a pandemic. Millions die from malaria, it's their problem.