Swine Flu

We are watching the news on this swine flu outbreak very carefully. I first heard about it Sunday morning at work; V printed out a news article and gave it to me to read. Since then I have been checking the news at every opportunity. V and the kids were planning to fly back to the US next week, but now we are thinking carefully about this. There have been (conflicting) travel warnings here in the EU suggesting avoiding travel to the US right now, plus I am worried it might be difficult for them to return from the US if things get worse. This flu appears to be spreading from human to human and dispersing very quickly.

'The European Union's health commissioner, Androulla Vassiliou, told reporters she was "not worried at this stage" about a pandemic spreading to Europe but nonetheless urged all travelers to avoid the United States and Mexico "unless it is very urgent for them."'