Sorry for the lengthy hiatus. Vacation, you know. Cuts into one's blog time dreadfully.
So, they're telling people not to fly anyplace for any reason; don't use public restrooms; if you think you're sick at all, don't go to work; stay close to home; don't eat out without great caution; wash your hands all the time; if you're considered "at risk" don't go ANYPLACE for ANY reason. Sigh. How excessively inconvenient. I had at least two trips to Oklahoma planned between now and August. I have a husband to visit! I have a long road trip to Virginia and Pennsylvania I have to take! I have public restrooms I simply must utilize on the way!
Darn the CDC. Why any group of people would want to spend all their time studying and trying to trap billions of deadly little microbial terror-mongering bacteria and viruses is beyond me. Of course, somebody has to do it and I for one am glad they're up there in their rubber suits with their microscopes, but good heavens. It's still a funny breed of fella who does it for fun.
So anyway, in the interests of the common good of all those who do not make a living in the air travel industry, they're trying to scare people into not flying, since they can't prevent us any other way. Is it for real? It is just a giant conspiracy theory? Who knows, right? And who would risk getting and dying from the Swine Flu testing the theory that it was all bunk....right? I think that's the assumption they're operating under.
Bother.
The basic problems right now are two-fold:
ReplyDeleteIs containment futile (since it's already in several countries and around the US).
How lethal is it? This latter problem is compounded by the fact that the Mexicans don't have good numbers at all, and just renegged on their claim that 120+ had died. So until more people in the US get it, there's no way of knowing how bothersome a flu it might be.
So IMHO, stay away from the flu, but it far worse to have it during third trimester.
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/clinician_pregnant.htm