Fast forward to 2:25 and listen.
Back in 1984 in an episode of Cheers, Diane makes a joke about the swine flu. This episode was first shown 25 years ago and could be plucked from today's headlines.
The general public forgets mass hysteria too easily. One minute it's swine flu, avian flu, SARs, the next it's our war on terror. Mass hysteria has always been around so don't think the general public is perfect.
For an even crazier incident of mass hysteria, check out the Demonic Ritual Day Care Sexual Assault Hysteria in the 1980s.
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