Think that Swine Flu needs a re-brand to get us all panicking a little more.

Let's face it, Mexico for all it's gun-totingness of new and old isn't really that sinister. Most disasters / events are defined by a good iconic image and I think I may have the answer. We need a man in a Sombrero with plastic bio hazard sheeting tacked around the edges of it, hanging down around the person in a sinister 'end of ET' type way.

Failing this, perhaps we could persuade North Korea's cartoon villain dictator to host the next outbreak - as he is losing scariness headline column inches to swines despite his best efforts.