Current mood:	annoyed
Entry tags:	daily life, mexico

Planet of the Apes
I have somehow been surviving the great swine flu epidemic (rolls eyes), even doing such dangerous things as riding the bus, eating in restaurants with *gasp* other people, and giving classes. I know this sounds callous, but give me a break. Every time there's some new strain of whatever, everyone in America goes out of their minds with hysteria, and what ends up happening? Pretty dang little.

I understand the people of Mexico freaking a bit more, as there have been more than a few deaths in the country, but holy crap. School's cancelled, the government's pretty well shut down, all Church activities have been suspended, including Mass (!!), and not a single case has been detected in Chihuahua. The husband and I ate in a completely-deserted restaurant yesterday that oddly had the TV turned on to All-Panic TV News, and they did nothing, nothing for the entire hour we were there but jabber incessantly about the flu. The fact that it could be avoided by washing your hands regularly, not touching things and then sticking your hands in your mouth, and airing out your house/room/office was fairly ignored.

I've got to admit that I'm enjoying having a bit of class time off (not much - the maquilas - companies - still wanted their classes and I got sent to all maquilas this past week), but the lunacy concerning this thing is just amazing. I think people, in Chihuahua at least, are actually getting tired of the whole thing. Earlier this week, the streets were deserted and you saw almost no one out on the buses or driving, stores closed, etc. But more and more people have started creeping out as they saw for themselves the world wasn't ending as TV news so devoutly hopes it would, and yesterday and today, I noticed a lot more people out, shopping, getting ice cream, riding public transport. generally going on with their lives.

Looking back upon the latests string of mutant illnesses, I've noticed something and think I have a solution, a way to stop any more of these things from happening: GO VEGETARIAN. SARS - came from exotic cats people were eating in Guangzhou. Mad cow - cannibal beef. Avian flu - chickens. And now the poor pigs. Revenge of the animals! Planet of the apes! It's a madhouse, a maaadhouse!