Stays together? http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2399388.ece

It occurs to me that there would be no way to tell if any given pandemic would be the one to wipe out humanity or not until it’s too late. This should terrify me, but I only have a few years left anyway and I’m not the type to die from the likes of what everyone else dies from. So instead I have no worries since there isn’t anything different that I can do.

Reflecting poorly on the sanitation and hospitality skills of the couple that article should theoretically have been about it states “Authorities are today monitoring those close to the Askhams,” the couple who contracted the flu honeymooning in Mexico, “after seven friends and family developed worrying flu-like symptoms.” This is one of those times when I should read the whole article to make sure it didn’t say that the group all visited Mexico, but I don’t give a shit. I really think it’s more like this lot just don’t wash their hands enough.

Conversely I wonder when people will start making a bigger deal about eye protection in addition to masks. As far as I know the eyes are a contact point for viruses, but I’m not sure how easy it is to contract them that way or how commonly that’s the point of contraction. Probably no such figures exist on that latter query but I’m sure if someone cared they could research how hard it is to get sick by someone sneezing into your eyes. hah.

On another note, does all this business mean that nowhere in Mexico is safe? Last I heard there were still troubles with the cartels in the northern parts of the country, and now it’s the supposedly safe resort areas in the more southern areas that foreigners visiting seem to be contracting the flu in, particularly the capital “Mexico City” has everyone in terror of the flu and cursing the government as well.

Well it could be worse right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGa_YucOmBE