Have to say, this is all a bit unreal and I'm getting slightly panicked by this new influenza A,called by the friendly name of H1N1.
It is a new flu virus of swine origin (so we call it pig-flu). It seems to have come from Mexico and people are dying!
It was first detected in April, 2009 and is infecting people and spreading from person-to-person.
An increasing number of cases are being reported internationally as well.
Well, when a group of students from Rangitoto College (down the road) got it - that was it - we are now ready to stay at home for weeks if necessary - having stocked 'the Doomsday cupboard'.
What puzzles me is the way people here just seem to ignore it all!
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