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Fear or Foe - facing the swine flu in Mexico

Posted by phileas | 3rd May 2009

If karma is real then I must have committed a treacherous act of some unfathomable scale to deserve this. My travel plans lay in tatters as the H1N1 influenza virus dubbed ´swine flu´was born in Mexico. If that was not enough an earthquake rocked the nations capital days later. A plague of locusts with some pestulence chucked in for good measure was surely to follow but thankfully was not forthcoming.
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As the virus impact mutated from epidemic to pandemic, the media machine kicked into action in a whirlwind of hysteria, I was left with the choice of travelling into Hells Gate and face the beast or stay home and lock the doors. In a week of emotional turmoil, absorbing daily reports from the BBC, CNN, CDC, British Consulate and any other ´reputable´source, I contemplated canelling, redirecting or ploughing on regardless with the trip.

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