We’re how many weeks into this flu craziness??
Unfortunately, I’ve had the TV on all the time, trying to take advantage of some free listening practice… but other than the relentless Proactiv® ad campaign (literally every commercial break during the daytime), I’m bombarded by news reports/flashes/updates about the next person to come from North America (LA and Vancouver are big hits) with a fever.
At first I thought, and honestly told other people, that Japan had a case of Swine/H1N1/whachatalkinboutWillis flu… then I saw the press conference announcing it was just your average, Joe-the-plumber flu. The next day when they announced another person arrived recently and possibly had the swine flu, it’s hard to take very seriously… low and behold, they confirmed it wasn’t the case in another equally publicized press conference.
Phew… Japan sleeps soundl–ohh wait, there’s another case… ohh, no it’s no–huh? another? nah, nevermind.
You can almost set your watch by it…
* ‘we’ve got the swine flu’ means it’s time for breakfast
* ‘nope, she just ate too much curry’… this press conferences usually come around dinner time
I even noticed some channels make reports via the emergency/earthquake alerts :-S
I was actually suffering from a bad case of ‘otitis externa’, esp. on Tuesday… lying on the sofa, trying not to die, I heard the earthquake alert tone… ‘ohh crap.. an earthquake? somebody really hates me..’.. then I see “the previously reported case of potential swine flu has been confirmed to be a normal case of the flu”
…the whole thing’s become half-hilarious, half-b*tch-worthy :o)
anyway, I just wanted to make that photo haha
so ending on a positive note, watch this hair putty commercial…
then check out the winner for ‘most humourous’ in the past Costume Grand Prix
I think SARS changed a lot about the way we react to the threat of pandemic – so many people/organizations took flak for their reaction to SARS that the mantra changed from “it’s probably not that bad” to “it’s the apocalypse, people” just so they would get rewarded for having good PR.
yeah.. but when I was in the pharmacy, the only two other people there were asking about what to do/buy to protect themselves now that it’s in Japan. The pharmacist kept insisting “it’s not in Japan!”.. “but it’s all over the news!?” the one guy replied. If my five minutes in a pharmacy are like that, I wonder how many people are unnecessarily freaked out…
on a side note, why in the freaking world are there laws to restrict selling drugs to just a short window throughout the day? I woke up in so much pain I couldn’t see straight and had to suffer through it for 9 hrs, waiting for the stupid pharmacy to open (10:30am!?)…
sorry, I’m ranting again… time to watch the rocket video haha