If I hear one more report on Swine Flu, I am going to start pelting people with pork products!

As I rode the T to work the other day, I glanced to my right and saw a woman and her child wearing surgical masks and gloves. My eyes almost rolled to the back of my head!

I am tired (I would say sick and tired, but alas, the swine flu has not taken hold of me so I am wary of using the term “sick) of the over-hyped sensationalism surrounding this flu virus.

Nowhere in the media is it ever mentioned that roughly 36,000 people die of just regular flu viruses a year. If that is the case, why then are the less than 200 deaths attributed to swine flu causing fear and panic among the masses?

Additionally, this “outbreak”…or pandemic as they wish to call it….has very few “confirmed” cases. The media is reporting fictitious numbers based on “believed” cases. The people who are rushing to clinics with flu-like symptoms have not been tested (or the tests have not come back yet) for this virus.

Let us also look at Mexico, shall we? The majority of the cases seem to be coming from this country…Mexico City to be more precise. Mexico City has roughly 22 million people. 22 MILLION!!!!! That is a large population in a small area. It’s not surprising that a virus can spread among such a large group in such a concentrated space. And, the country as a whole is not world renowned for its healthcare system. Yes, many can complain the U.S. healthcare system is flawed or faulty but it is no where near the condition of Mexico’s healthcare system. In many circles, Mexico is still believed to be a Third World country.

And for those MENSA members, such as everyone’s favorite IQ winner, Paris Hilton, who feel that boycotting pork products is the way to avoid contracting this “dreaded disease”, I can only shake my head in disbelief at your ignorance and jump for joy in the knowledge that my favorite BBQ joint won’t run low on their famous pulled pork sandwiches. MMMMM, more for me!

This is not the Black Plague, people!!!!

Please stop feeding into the media maelstrom and allowing the news to overtake COMMON FUCKING SENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Enough!