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Nazo

Nazo — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

I found no fault with how public health officials handled this. It was the media that did their best to make a huge story out of this. The Jon Stewart piece on it was spot on. “6 cases in Canada, yet the media colors in the whole expanse of the country...” Ridiculous.

Oscar

Oscar — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Public health officials her in Mexico, did an INCREDIBLE job, no doubt about it.

It is just odd, almost dreamlike that now it is as if nothing ever happened.

Daniela

Daniela — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The media over-reacted to the swine flu. Just like the bird flu, SARS, WMD, Jon Benet, Natalee Holloway, Global Warming, Anna Nicole Smith, and Obama. All BS. All the time.

Chris

Chris — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Better to over-react than not act at all. But. the problem is, if it happens too often, people will get into “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” mentality and not take it seriously when it is serious.

Oscar

Oscar — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, there was definite over-reaction, but what is done is done...Lesson learned.

Oscar

Oscar — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Chris:

I agree, and in fact I am quite proud and astounded in the way my country reacted facing an unknown threat.

My post is geared to the aftermath of the realities of what came to light..It feels too surreal, as if one blinked, they easily could have missed it all.

Holly

Holly — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

I was sent home from work because I had a bad cold. I was only allowed back when I had a note from a doctor saying “I don’t have swine flu”. Absolutely ridiculous. My chances of getting in a car accident on the way to the doctor are greater than my chances of getting the swine flu.

Oscar

Oscar — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

True.

One thing I did learn is that come next flu season, I WILL get my vaccine. I had no idea how deadly the normal seasonal flu was, here in Mexico and around the world.

Nuya Bidness

Nuya Bidness — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, it was mass insanity and no there will be no lesson learned from it, there will continue to be the ”cry wolf” and ”the sky is falling” alerts. Think about how old those 2 stories are and yet most people have learned nothing from them.

Oscar

Oscar — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

it just, really doesn’t seem real. Honestly, it seems like a dream...It came and went in a flash, we know nothing more now, then we did on day one..how is that?

what the hell happened?

Nuya Bidness

Nuya Bidness — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

All I can think was that it had been a slow news week and they had to have something to fill endless hours of news shows.

Maybe some politician needed to shake things up to get monies appropriated for his health care proposal, who knows?

But you are right the whole thing did have a dream like or rather, nightmarish quality to it.

Wa'd

Wa'd — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Hmmm,,,can’t say for sue what it was... But I can say that I’m glad u’ve survived it all :)