Fascination with killer viruses

[DANDERSON at PRL.PULMONARY.UBC.CA]

aurelia at u.washington.edu (A. M. Lotto), wrote:

>People seem to have some morbid fascination with killer viruses.  
>They are sensationalized.  Its  not exciting that there is an 
>outbreak, nor is it something to panic over.

Is not the fascination with death an innate response of humans?  Why 
do we all slow down when there is a car accident?  Is it only to see 
what can happen when speeding, driving "stupid" or just being 
careless!  Is this morbid curiosity a behavioral response which 
yields human survival??  

Are killer viruses any different??

Dan