It was actually from
Helsingin Sanomat that I learned today, that California officials have declared an emergency in the state because of the swine flu outbreak. Well, the emergency isn't too severe here in the Bay Area, since no one else seems to know about this emergency declaration and I haven't seen any mention of it in any American media I've looked at. It seems, that the most important outcome of this "declaration" is that it makes it possible to get federal funding to help the state fight the flu. And with
13 people sick out of the 37 million total population, I am not too worried at the moment.
Most of the cases (5+5) in California have been found in Southern California, close to the Mexican border, in Imperial County and San Diego County. The closest county with 3 confirmed
cases is Sacramento County
. So life here in the East Bay continues as normal. We got a reminder from the dorm to wash our hands often and they put some hand disinfectant for us to use before going to the dining hall, but that's pretty much it. And hopefully our very nice Mexican cleaning man is healthy and will come back healthy from his two weeks vacation in Mexico. And hopefully the flu will pass soon, so my last six visitors for the spring won't have to change their travel plans!
It was actually from Helsingin Sanomat that I learned today, that California officials have declared an emergency in the state because of the swine flu outbreak. Well, the emergency isn't too severe here in the Bay Area, since no one else seems to know about this emergency declaration and I haven't seen any mention of it in any American media I've looked at. It seems, that the most important outcome of this "declaration" is that it makes it possible to get federal funding to help the state fight the flu. And with 13 people sick out of the 37 million total population, I am not too worried at the moment.
Most of the cases (5+5) in California have been found in Southern California, close to the Mexican border, in Imperial County and San Diego County. The closest county with 3 confirmed cases is Sacramento County. So life here in the East Bay continues as normal. We got a reminder from the dorm to wash our hands often and they put some hand disinfectant for us to use before going to the dining hall, but that's pretty much it. And hopefully our very nice Mexican cleaning man is healthy and will come back healthy from his two weeks vacation in Mexico. And hopefully the flu will pass soon, so my last six visitors for the spring won't have to change their travel plans!
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