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In an earlier post I referred to a phenomenom called "Moral Panic" where untrue things get into the public consciuosness and then take on a life of their own.

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Oh dear I think I will have started some Moral Panic in the thread I have started - "Liferafts - every home should have one".

It's true though more people die from flooding than the consequences of failing to have a liferaft on a boat. Can that be called "Justifiable Panic" then?