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swine flu, plague, cats, rats & urban legends

Global Voices Online quotes my swine flu post in a great round-up article. Bloggers from all over the Caribbean – Grenada, Guyana, Barbados, Jamaica, Belize and Cuba – are quoted. Read it here:
Global Voices Online » Caribbean: Keeping Track of Swine Flu
I’m always thrilled when Global Voices Online picks up one of my blog posts. [...]

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have you noticed?

Fewer than 200 people have contracted swine flu, and everyone gets mask-happy. Meanwhile, MILLIONS have died of AIDS, yet some people still don’t use condoms.
I’m not saying swine flu isn’t real.
But it is a fact that masks do not prevent transmission. I also believe that mass hysteria never ever helps. Example: Once upon a time, [...]

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