Thursday, April 30, 2009

H1N1 here?

According to multiple sources, a probable case of H1N1 has been identified in Platte County, Missouri. Platte County is immediately north of Jackson County -- which includes the Kansas City metropolitan area. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorialized this morning on the swine flu outbreak in an attempt to calm fears of widespread and deadly pandemic. However, as several of my colleagues have pointed out, using Keynes' quote, "In the long run, we're all dead" was a cute, but probably counterproductive sub headline.

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