. >> mr. yeo, what function does the media serve when there are disease outbreaks? >> well, when the disease outbreak, media has two different functions. one, the media works as news coverage that conveys information to the public from scientific or medical community. and at the same time, media should work as a tool. they provide some different information, diverse perspectives. but during the time of outbreak, it is very important for the media to focus on their fact-based, objective news coverage instead of providing a lot of different interpretations. >> and what constitutes an outbreak? >> well, outbreak is defined as a certain abnormal excess disease occurrence in a certain community or region or group of people. so in case of, for example, in case of west nile virus, nobody expected that west nile virus would occur in the united states, but it happened in new york. maybe not on a massive scale, but it occurred. so it was defined as outbreak. >> and do you think the news media lived up to their responsibility on how they handle outbreaks, or do you think that