(NY Times)I find it ironic that on the same day I posted the below story on great vegetarian eats in Mexico City, the city government has canceled school and other events due to a massive swine flu outbreak that the NY Times reports has already killed more than 16 people. Now's probably not the best time to gloat, and even if I did, the flu has taken on a human-to-human capacity, so we're all equally screwed. It sounds really scary - and maybe it is - but I'm not too particularly worried. I'll keep on making out with random strangers in crowded public spaces like the metro regardless.
Read stories here for more info:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/25/world/americas/25mexico.html?_r=1&hp
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-mexico-flu25-2009apr25,0,7532211.story
UPDATE: The consensus is that influenza jokes are funny across the board, and that watching people eat and talk on cell phones while wearing surgical masks is highly comical. I also like to think that not being Mexican grants me immediate immunity from the swine flu - which is probably why I'll catch it in the next couple days.
Check out this cartoon about Spyder Pig meets swine flu!
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H1N1 (referred to as “swine flu” early on) is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. Symptoms of swine flu are similar to those caused by other influenza viruses. Health authorities across the globe are taking steps to try to stem the spread of swine flu after outbreaks in Mexico and the United States. The World Health Organization has called it a "public health emergency of international concern."
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