RE: Swine flu

[reka]

Flist, don't worry.

According to the World Health Organization (here), swine flu:

• has a very low mortality rate
• cannot be spread by eating properly prepared pork
• dies at 160ºF

Not to say you shouldn't be taking this seriously, but I want to spread the good news that we aren't all doomed.

Comments

[amiveryfar]

:D GOOD TO KNOW

[closercloser]

Yeah, the thing that people generally don't seem to notice about modern pandemics is how low the mortality rate actually is.

I kind of want a t-shirt that says, "I survived the swine flu, and... so did millions of other people."

[reka]

If someone has the flu and seeks care for it, it's far, far more likely that they'll survive than anything else.

Once everything dies down, I think that would make a wonderful shirt. For SARS, too.