Swine Flu: Watch, Read, Learn
Posted on April 28th, 2009 by Cliff Landis
For those with the morbid fascination of watching a pandemic unfold, check out the real-time progression of Swine Flu (H1N1) in a convenient Google Map (via Gizmodo):
View 2009 Swine Flu (H1N1) Outbreak Map in a larger map
Want to avoid contamination and learn more? Check out these websites:
CDC – Swine Influenza
WHO – Swine Influenza
Or just scare yourself silly with our online books:
Very Short List (VSL) helpfully posts swine flu PSAs from 1976, with “the same narrative arc as most of the zombie movies you’ll see,” and assures us that the ‘76 outbreak “didn’t amount to much.”
Sorry, kids, that link is (http://tinyurl.com/d2nyp7)
Personally, I’d much rather be told to get a flu shot or wash my hands than to have the government LIE or COVER UP that there is a problem until everyone gets sick.