OK; Everybody PANIC

The WHO (not to be confused with The Who) has declared the first pandemic of the 21st century. Given that the so-called swine flu is mostly mild and rarely causes death outside of the third world (as opposed to the normal seasonal flu that kills hundreds of thousands every year), I'm unsure why it has been given the status of pandemic. Unless the WHO is after more money, more power, or is intentionally trying to create panic which it can then exploit for more money and/or more power.

Time to dust off the ol' tinfoil hat.