Swine Flu in Boston ‘Inevitable’—DON’T PANIC!
Here at Boston Daily, we think that until the zombie outbreak swine flu hysteria subsides, all news articles concerning the epidemic should bear the subtitle, DON’T PANIC! Ex. “Swine Flu Pandemic Sweeps World: DON’T PANIC!” See, doesn’t that feel better? (If it’s good enough for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, it’s good enough for our local media.)
Speaking of which, judging from the Herald’s front-page picture and accompanying story, it appears the influenza struck the “churlish booth jockeys” collecting tolls on the Pike about two years before the outbreak in Mexico. The disease appears to have mutated the pictured toll collector into Wolverine (ed. Product placement for X-Men Origins: Wolverine?).
In another Herald article, “Lowell pair feared first Mass. swine flu victims” the Herald reports on the risk of the flu touching down in Boston:
“As health officals sought to reassure the public, they also braced for the inevitability of swine flu touching down in Boston. ‘I suspect there is a little bit more swine influenza right now than we are aware of, so I wouldn’t be surprised if we see cases in Boston,’ predicted Dr. Anita Barry, director of the city’s infectious disease bureau.”
And yet there are no reported cases in New England. (more…)
Here at Boston Daily, we think that until the zombie outbreak swine flu hysteria subsides, all news articles concerning the epidemic should bear the subtitle, DON’T PANIC! Ex. “Swine Flu Pandemic Sweeps World: DON’T PANIC!” See, doesn’t that feel better? (If it’s good enough for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, it’s good enough for our local media.)
Speaking of which, judging from the Herald’s front-page picture and accompanying story, it appears the influenza struck the “churlish booth jockeys” collecting tolls on the Pike about two years before the outbreak in Mexico. The disease appears to have mutated the pictured toll collector into Wolverine (ed. Product placement for X-Men Origins: Wolverine?).
In another Herald article, “Lowell pair feared first Mass. swine flu victims” the Herald reports on the risk of the flu touching down in Boston:
“As health officals sought to reassure the public, they also braced for the inevitability of swine flu touching down in Boston. ‘I suspect there is a little bit more swine influenza right now than we are aware of, so I wouldn’t be surprised if we see cases in Boston,’ predicted Dr. Anita Barry, director of the city’s infectious disease bureau.”
And yet there are no reported cases in New England. (more…)













