Swine flu and economic crisis

After the first cases of swine flu have been detected in Spain and the UK, the liberal daily La Stampa draws parallels between the spreading virus and the global economic crisis: "The first thing the two have in common is that there is no vaccination against the disease and no effective formula for curtailing the damages caused by the failure of subprime loans. The second feature they share is the quick mutation of the catalyst: we've already been told that the real danger is not the virus in its current form, but the high probability of more severe and more aggressive forms."

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