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'Click' of the Week

by Jacob Shafer

April 30, 2009

Swine flu may be the public health scare du jour, but it’s not a new kid on the menacing disease block. Witness these too-campy-to-be-true 1970s PSAs that warn against the dangers of the pig-borne illness and implore viewers to “get the shot.” (Incidentally, that outbreak never materialized.) If the spots prove anything it’s that, while production values and racial stereotypes change with time, overcooked fearmongering stays comfortingly, maddeningly consistent.

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