Swine Flu - what do you think?
We come from all over the world and have contact with all kinds of different people from different places. Its like 6 degrees of separation except with a bug. I realised yesterday how easy it could be to pick up this thing if it got bad. For instance, I found out that I'm two degrees separated from the head of the International Olympic Committee. That got me to thinking about all the dozens of people that I come into contact with every day, where have they been and who have they been in contact with? It's an intersting concept. Don't get me wrong, I'm not in a panic or even too concerned about picking up the pig bug, I'm just interested in what you think.
From your perspective of where you are in the world, is this a real cause for alarm or is the media feeding the fire? There are a few hundred cases now I see but in a world of 6.7 billion, is it a real cause for alarm even with our compromised immune systems?
In Australia it's probably only a matter of time before it reaches here but at the moment we're clean.
Are you stockpiling food and water? Is it a media storm? Are you taking extra precautions?
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Diagnosed March 2003.
Currently but not permanetly residing in Canberra, Australia.
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