Spreading Fear

The don't panic line is not exciting enough for the Guardian, which is getting in a bit of a twist. Its headline

Kent farm isolated as foot and mouth fears spread

suggests that something is spreading, i.e. fears about the disease, while the intro has it that the fear is that the disease has spread.

Livestock at a farm in Kent were today tested for foot and mouth amid fears the disease had spread from an initial, apparently controlled outbreak in Surrey.

Don't Panic - official

The BBC reports another suspected foot and mouth case, this time in Kent, with a strong hint that nothing will come of it.

Minister for the South East Jonathan Shaw told BBC radio Kent:

"There is no need to panic at this stage."

He will let us know when the need to panic arises.