Considering the artificial intelligence hysteria of 2014, 2015, and possibly beyond, here are the best links to "Ebola hysteria" and "Swine Flu hysteria," which could perhaps help people understand the nature of irrational fear.
EBOLA
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/30/opinion/charles-blow-the-ebola-hysteria.html?_r=0
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/20/health/ebola-overreaction/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/20/panic-epidemic-ebola-us
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/ebola-hysteria-fever-a-re_b_6020952.html
SWINE FLU
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/reconstruction-of-a-mass-hysteria-the-swine-flu-panic-of-2009-a-682613.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/03/swine.flu.react/
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124147910689984999
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/apr/29/swine-flu-mexico-uk-media1
