It seems to me like swine flu is the new bird flu like 30 is the new 20, or so they say. I personally have not gotten the flu and bought, grilled and devoured a rack of baby back ribs at the peak of the swine flu hype. Before that it was anthrax in the mail and biological warfare.
The Center for Disease Control tracks the cases throughout the US and stated that there have been 59 pediatric deaths for the 2008-2009 Influenza season. I totally agree, like that the media blow this whole thing out of proportion. Egypt, who has not had a single case of the virus, ordered a mass execution of all the pigs in the country. Just think about all that potential BBQ.
The hype does work and helps boost the revenues of cleaning supply companies like Clorox or the company that makes Fabuloso. At my job we all got our own tub of clorox wipes and personal bottle of hand sanitizer once people really started getting worried. We were told to wipe down our desks and take extra care when washing our hands.
I'm not losing any sleep over it. But it looks like the surgeon general is. The government had created pandemicflu.gov which gets data from the CDC. The surgeon general issued a public service announcement reminding us not rub our eyes or pick our nose after scratching our ass cracks because it produces a greater chance of catching H1N1 from the Mexican food we eat. Just kidding.
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