Oink-Oink...achoo!!!

Well, if you watch FoxNews, we're all days away from a horrible death. My advice? Stop watching FoxNews.

That's good advice at the best of times.

In the United States, I've heard, some 36,000 people die every year from some sort of flu. That's 10 a day. The one death (so far) in Texas while tragic, shouldn't be used to induce panic.

Here in Australia there is almost a lasse faire attitude about it. Sure, those people that were on the same flight as the Kiwis from Mexico are quarantined, but when you live in a country where funnel-web spiders infest your ear protection and red-bellied black snakes slither across your backyard, swine flu on the other side of the world is a pretty abstract concept.

There are a few good websites that discuss influenza A/H1N1 (pig farmers don't want us to call it 'swine flu', okay?). [edit - I just really read the link I had here before. Full of conspiracy clap-trap. Read as much as you can and realise that you have a better(?) chance of dieing from a fatal attack of the bus than influenza A (H1N1)]

So, remember...

You won't get swine flu from ham sandwiches, pork roast or bacon.

But if a pig sneezes on you, you're a goner.