Mood:  incredulous

Have we had enough mass hysteria yet? Is there really a need for the daily front page body count at this point?

I'll tell you what, if I hear any more freaking people freaking out over the 'swine flu', they won't have to worry about dying from it because I will kill them first! Seriously. I have a handbag and I know how to use it!

Come on people! There's a chick at my office who is an all too willing harbinger of doom. If a tragedy or the possibility of one is happening anywhere, she is running around going office to office with the news like some overraught jewish grandmother in the burg. "I got the chills when I heard I tell you." Really? Puh-leeze!

While I agree that it's good to be prepared and have the ability to be pro-active versus reactive, this is insane. The World Health Organization has declared threat level violet purple phase 5: return to the ship or some such thing based on research. What research you ask? Well, research from Merke. You know, the international developer, manufacturer and distributor of pharmaceuticals. No conflict of interest there. Methinks they are crying swine!

And where has all the hysteria gotten us? Apparently smack dab in the middle of some pulp fiction sci fi pandemic flick. Do you have a compromised immune system? Then stop worrying. It's just flu. Wash your hands like the public service announcements say and step away from the tv folks!

Don't make me put on my bacon suit!