Saturday, April 25, 2009

12 Monkeys in 2009--Enter the Great Swine Flu Pandemic



From Reuters:

WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - An unusual new flu virus has spread widely and cannot be contained, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on Saturday.

"It is clear that this is widespread. And that is why we have let you know that we cannot contain the spread of this virus," the CDC's Dr. Anne Schuchat told reporters on a conference call.

The strain of swine flu is suspected of killing as many as 68 people in Mexico and infecting more than 1,000 more, including eight in the United States. (Reporting by Maggie Fox, editing by Patricia Zengerle)

Ominous. No?

Am I the only one who has been thinking about the movie 12 Monkeys as the swine flu outbreak seems to be taking on the markers of a global pandemic?

Is this life imitating art imitating life?

2 comments:

Milo Firewater said...

Swine Flu: Don’t Worry Bruce Willis will save us.. http://tinyurl.com/cpboap

Anonymous said...

Thank You Bruce Willis :)