Its hyped and overblown because of modern media. The instant media age does no good when it comes to dealing with any hint of possibly scary information.
WHO has a big fear, that fear is what spanish flu and the black plague did to world populations will pale in comparison to the amount we can expect to see dead the next time a highly contagious, deadly virus comes to visit.
Virulogists are a very concerned bunch, the few that I've heard speak typically are waiting for the next big one, and this is why WHO is so aggressive.
With international travel, massive popluations in small areas the next airborne based virus that has a serious change of death could decimate a significant part of the human popluation.
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