H1N1 Flu

[pegkerr]

It has arrived at Fiona's high school. Two cases have been confirmed, but following the new protocol, the school will not close.

All right, I'm nervous, but not panicked. I knew this would have to happen eventually.

What I did today to make the world a better place: Took about ten pairs of the girls' outgrown shoes to church for recycling. (The materials will be ground up and used as the base material in sidewalks.)

Comments

[dd-b.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and if they hadn't taken immediate action and it had turned out to be as virulent as the early data from Mexico suggested, no doubt you'd be saying they screwed that up, too.

The media may have been noisy, but the medical authorities were being pretty serious too.

[johnridley.livejournal.com]

Not at all.

Certainly the initial response and the first week or two's news coverage was NOT overblown, either by CDC, WHO or the media. I'm really happy that everyone is aware of possible pandemics. I am not complaining about that at all.

But it's been apparent for many days that this is now not really a serious threat, but they keep covering it because they've got nothing else to do.