Are you nervous about the potential "pandemic" swine flu alerts? My husband has just finished a book on the plague and we were discussing the book when the next morning our friend sent us an email about the swine flu outbreak. Of course with the news media outlets we have been able to track the new cases on an interactive map. My first inclination was to get provisions and stay indoors. Last week a student and her son had flu like symptoms and fever. She return to class with a cough. Was it really the swine flu? My daughter-in-law had a flu like illness with fever for three days last week, was it the swine flu? Not every person suffering from flu like symptoms seeks health care. So, I thought maybe I have already been exposed to the dreaded swine flu. Today I am wondering if the media is just stirring the pot to make us grateful that President Bush hoarded the medications needed to treat a massive outbreak of the flu. (Yes I did say President Bush)President Obama made it sound like he actually mixed the batches of the medication himself and has subsequently released the miracle drug to the public.
