Swine flu

[cjsmith]

My information about the swine flu situation comes from two sources:

1) the WHO web site and the people who link to it

2) LJ and Facebook people going AAAAAAH NOBODY PANIC! STOP PANICKING! SERIOUSLY, CUT IT OUT RIGHT NOW!

Has anybody seen anybody panicking? The news may be full of stories describing panic; note the total lack of traditional news media in my info list above. Has anyone here seen or talked to someone who was off their nut about it?

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm fine with being conscientious about hand-washing. Personally, I can't shake the notion that it's the airborne stuff that tends to get me, but hey. Maybe if I wash my hands I won't pass anything to the next guy before I know I've got it.

If there were a major breakout in the US, maybe the UK would send your team right back home. That would suck. "I'm sorry, sir, but that airplane you just spent eight hours on is the one you're climbing right back into." I wonder if anyone has ever died of leg cramps.

[janetl.livejournal.com]

I believe that yes, someone has died from leg cramps. Well, blood clot in the leg after long period of inactivity on a plane.

[eichin.livejournal.com]

search for "Deep Vein Thrombosis"; if some of the articles are accurate, air-travel-related DVT kills dozens of people a year (which seems unlikely but I haven't dug in to any of the articles... just recalled the term from when they started adding the "take your shoes off and stretch" bits to in-flight video :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yes, clots can get ya. I was trying to insert a little levity... oops :)