re: #170 tradewind

Our Childrens’ hospital, one of the best in the country, has set up a freaking tent to handle emergency drive-through H1N1 and other flulike illness cases, and it’s still 80 degrees down here.

An acquaintance of mine died yesterday from complications brought on by an H1N1 infection. I didn’t know her well, but many of my friends did. It was very surprising, as she was not elderly and was usually very healthy in general. She was somewhat overweight, but very strong and rather athletic, at least enough to regularly fight in SCA tournaments (full speed, full contact, Medieval fighting in period comparable armor). This flu is going to be a problem, a big problem. Get the immunization when available.