After many false alarms regarding the prospect of Bird Flu virus a few years ago, it looks like Swine Flu could be the global flu pandemic that the media have been baying for for years. The key difference with Bird Flu is that this one is passing from human to human, where as almost all cases of Bird flu in humans were contracted by close proximity with infected chickens. However one positive aspect of the story is that cases of Swine Flu in the US schools have so far been fairly benign, suggesting that other factors could be at work in Mexico City.
Here is the BBC report on Swine Flu in Mexico and here is their rather basic Q&A.
Obviously this story has parallels with Survivors and 12 Monkeys/La Jettée, among others. Funny to think I was in Mexico City briefly only a few months ago, although I’d like to make it clear that I wasn’t carry test-tubes of experimental germ-warfare viruses. Honest!
EDIT: Shit! Where did I go when I cam back for Mexico? Scotland, And where are the first cases of Swine flu in the UK? Scotland. And what am I? A swine!
