I seem to have caught a virus and everyone keeps saying "you have the Swine Flu!". The hype around Influenza Porcina/Swine Flu/ or what I have coined Influenza de Chancho is crazy. Check this- 36,000 people in the US die each year from the regular flu which means that 3,000 people have died from the regular flu in the US since Influenza de Chancho has been identified. As of today only 236 cases of the Influenza de Chancho have been identified WORLD WIDE and 8 deaths have occured. Is the sky falling yet? Fear not, our leader has requested $1.5 B from Congress to "fight the outbreak". Amazing.
I don't seem to have a fever but have everything else (headache/muscle pain/cough/sneeze/congestion/fatigue) and I think my main problem is that I'm not resting which is making it worse and last longer. I work from home a lot and feel like I almost have to be on my death bed not to work. As long as my fingers still move, I could still be working. I hope Obama's request is approved because with only 1 death here I think it would be more than fair for me to apply for 0.01% of the $1.5B for being infected with Influenza de Chancho and then I wouldn't have to worry about working and could just rest and then look for a nice beach house in Maintencillo :)
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LOL, let's see if we can spread the terminology Chanco Flu :) I read today that they want to stop calling it Swine Flu because people are stopping buying pork, you should send in your suggestion!
ReplyDeleteFeel better!!!
I'm like TOTALLY convinced that I had the swine flu a few weeks ago. My husband travels for business and was in Mexico about a month ago. When he returned we all got reaaally sick.
ReplyDeleteKyle- Thanks for the well wishes. I finally started feeling better over the weekend.
ReplyDeleteCarmen- That sucks, but the good news since everyone got it you could get 0.01% for each person which would give you $6M. NICE! ;)