Seems as if UVA is ground zero for a biological attack from the dreaded clan called Orthomyxoviridae (aka influenza).
Will this be 1918 all over again?
I had a little bird,
Its name was Enza,
I opened the window,
And in-flew-enza.
Last week 32% of the students from a local school got attacked by the norovirus. This is definitely not the place to be if you want to stay healthy.
I wonder if The Hook or C-Ville might have a cover that looks like this in the near future. Perhaps I should go by some hand sanitizer when I head out shopping (at some place away from ground zero).
Update: As I type this my throat is starting to feel a bit swollen, and for the first this year I turned my heat over 64 since I feel pretty cold…so maybe a fever is kicking in. Ugh. I’ll be sure to tell you all about it. I should never have gone shopping at Hoity Toity yesterday.
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The schools here put out an alert for MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylocossus aureus) after high school wrestlers were discovered with strange rashes. I don’t think I’d want to play a sport where you can get infected by the other team. Unlike you, I feel safe from contracting this, it isn’t airborne.
So, I have a prediction that we will have a big bird flu before the election to keep the people in fear/distracted/indoors/etc. I don’t think it will be engineered by anyone, just a coincidence, but Al Gore will blame it on global warming.