There is a new flu virus going around. It initially looked quite lethal, and caused panic.

有种新型流感病毒出现了，一开始人们以为它是致命的，并引起了恐慌。

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Mr Penny said the device caused panic and an army bomb disposal unit came from Nottingham to conduct a controlled explosion.

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An online report that Lil Wayne was near death and on life support Friday cause panic among his fans and caused Twitter to light up with messages of concern.

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Cooke eventually went broke through excess speculation (sound familiar?) and this actually caused the major Panic of 1873.

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