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HIV/AIDS has reached alarming proportions in Southeast Asia [1].
The alarming lead story in Sunday's Observer claimed that Britain's BSE (mad cow disease) epidemic "may have been caused by a scientific experiment that went wrong.
The fronts at the NYT , WP , and LAT all feature stories about alarming new research (to be published today in the British Medical Journal ) about the death toll in China from smoking.
Steven E. Landsburg exhibited a rather alarming disregard for common sense in his recent article "Tax the Knickers Off Your Grandchildren."
Of course, those who delight in this factoid never tell you how many Gen-Xers actually believe in UFOs--which might be the alarming bit.