Deadly Swine Flu Outbreak

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Just got an email warning at work:

The Department of Homeland Security and Center for Disease Control (CDC) have issued a Public Health Advisory in response to a number of cases of swine flu reported in Texas, Ohio, New York and California which originated from Mexico. This email is directed to all U.S. employees, but particularly to employees who participated in our Sales Conference last week in Dallas, where a number of cases are currently being tracked.

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/habit...u_outbreak_003

I live in and work near Dallas BTW. I'm not freaking, I don't go out, but if I was a socializer, I think right now I would not be so much. Really all the suggestions are what a person should be doing normal to avoid any sickness.

RFN my major disease paranoia is about flesh-eating bacteria. Why? Well, a friend of my mom's went to the hospital the other week with flu-like symptoms and the whole damn time she is telling the staff that there is an odd rash on her arm that needs to be checked out. The staff refused to call the doctor in to look at her for a rash (WTH?!) and by the next morning the skin on her whole arm was laid open from the flesh-eating bacteria its turns out that she had.