Arriving at my friends I learned that their oldest son is in Mexico on a mission trip. As we were eating dinner someone called saying they heard they were going to close the border. So as I was savoring the last bites of my carne asada dinner I was watching Debby, like your typical mom, working herself into a mild panic about whether she would ever see her son again. I pulled out my iPhone and confidently said, "if they are closing the borders it will be on the Drudge Report."
As the webpage loaded I was scanning for an appropriate head line and my eyes locked in on the following:
California Marine may have swine flu? Cheryl's text came rushing back to me. You see I had glanced at it while driving and thought it said "her unit had been quarantined." so getting a sick feeling I clicked the link to see:
So intellectually I was telling myself that when you filter out the media hysteria that the real experts are saying it appears to be less dangerous then the typical flu which kills 36,000 a year, just in America. But I still had a sick feeling. It was only after about 10 minutes that Cheryl pointed out to me that her text said "a unit" not "her unit" Rather embarrassing.
Lisa did say that after being lectured at the end of work about how important it was for everyone to wash their hands, etc. that she arrived at her room to see her roommate tossing on her bed mumbling about how she was sick with the "pig flu." Lisa decided she didn't feel so well either and laid down to share in the suffering. But they must have talked things out because within the hour they decided to go out for mexican and they have been feeling ok ever since.
The good news is that the affected Marine seems to be getting a lot better and no other cases have been identified as detailed in this article.
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