http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/27/fear-or-not-fear-pandemics-and-epidemics-throughout-history/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway042709j.mp3 Don't panic! Pandemics and epidemics throughout history http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/27/fear-or-not-fear-pandemics-and-epidemics-throughout-history/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/swine-flu-masks-mexico-city.jpg true 6741 segment An outbreak of swine flu is raising alarms from Mexico to New Zealand. But this isn’t the first epidemic to cause widespread concern. From the great influenza pandemic of 1918 to the much-hyped, but far less deadly bird flu outbreaks, we’re nothing if not prepared to worry about a global disease thr http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/swine-flu-masks-mexico-city_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/swine-flu-masks-mexico-city_26_square.jpg