I’m Doooomed!

Posted by deb on July 5th, 2009 filed in Epsilon, Expat Observations

Recent news stories are listing Maidenhead and Slough as new “hot spots” for Swine Flu breakouts. These are the two stops my train makes on the main line on my morning commute everyday. They are both major “ports of call” with massive shuffling of people on and off the train. And on the way home, depending on the train I’m on, can involve many school aged children.

Hrm. I’ve developed a sudden really sore throat, but no other symptoms. But being pregnant, I am in the high risk category for flu. This would mean that I would have priority access to antivirals (I’m not sure there are any even approved for pregnant women) or a vaccine when one becomes available.

So, when do I start looking really insane and wearing a mask in the morning?

3 Responses to “I’m Doooomed!”

Strawberry Says:
July 13th, 2009 at 3:43 am
Hi, I just stumbled across your blog and it’s really interesting to me because a) I’m a knitter, b) I’m a native of Pgh and c) I recently moved back to Pgh after 15 years in the UK…!

So, I am looking for your feed link so I can subscribe to you blog, but I can’t find it. Am I just missing it somewhere?
Jonathan Says:
July 27th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
The entire flu epidemic thing has made me realise how fortunate I am to be off the trains now - although the hysteria still surrounds me - we had alcohol based hand cleaner given out to everybody in the company today…
deb Says:
July 28th, 2009 at 6:30 am
It really is unnerving just how many people are coughing, sneezing and in general sounding just awful on the trains and underground.

Virology is a hobby topic for me, I listen to an awesome podcast, “this week in virology” where there has been excellent discussion on this flu. What is truly remarkable is how many people are sick in the “off season” for flu.