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As I’m sure most of you have heard by now, the U.S. has had its first Swine Flu related death. A 23 month old toddler. It’s terrifying and sad, and now we have to wait and see if it gets much worse than this. In other news, I’m giving a very brief presentation today in [...]
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NY Times Article needs a good berating…
Thanks to SophiaZoe over at A Pandemic Chronicle this morning for pointing out this schlop of a news article. Read it and feel her glibness and sarcasm dripping off the page. It’s a little sickening. Susan Dominus really doesn’t think that the Swine Flu is a big deal. She snarkily asks her readers not to [...]
Seasonal Vaccine is likely no help
EDIT: Apparently, after more testing H1N1 does show some sensitivity to both Tamiflu and Relenza. But this may not be stable. We’ll wait and see. To answer Andrew’s question, it looks like the season vaccine is not going to be effective at all. ATLANTA — U.S. health officials say they are “very pessimistic” that the [...]
Apathy in crisis?
There seems to me to be a great amount of apathy in New York City concerning the potential pandemic at hand. This is especially shocking considering it’s ALREADY HERE in New York. Everyone has heard about the 8 students at a Queens high school who have been confirmed as having a flu (likely Swine Flu)…and [...]
Blog Roll
Okay friends, you’re still awfully (dreadfully) quiet. I’ve updated my blog roll to include the three blogs that are my go to sources for pandemic information. These people know way more about actual pandemics (as opposed to my theroretical and representational ones). Avian Flu Diary, A Pandemic Chronicle, and Scott McPherson’s Journal are all really [...]
Talk to me readers.
Okay, so with news flying around about the Swine flew and the 68 dead in Mexico (the words “potential pandemic” are also being bandied about), I think it is time that those of you who have casually read over or glanced at this blog step up and speak out. Tell me what you think about [...]
My proposal and teacher comments
Okay, so my proposal for my final paper needs a lot of work. My teacher e-mailed it back to me with some comments and asking me to re-frame the concept to be more about the aesthetic response. She’s right; I’m trying to hard to craft this paper around things I already know. But I am [...]
The Unsuccessful Martyr is a Zombie
Hey, look at this! I’m writing a post! And it hasn’t been too long since my last one! Woo! This is going to be a short one, but I just wanted to document an interesting point my Art and Catstrophe professor brought up. We were discussing Beirut and some of the art that has come [...]
