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Terror
Blogging
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Viral
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HAPPY 2010. We live in interesting times.
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Five ways to freak out about the flu
Canonical case:
1. Influenza Hysteria
You think everyone is going to catch H1N1 and die. You bathe in alcohol disinfectant and you wear latex gloves on public transit. Let's party like it's 1918.
Non-canonical cases:
2. Immunization Hysteria
You believe that the vaccine is going to kill everyone or turn us into vampire-zombie-Nazis. The drug companies are careless and we haven't been able to trust them since the eradication of Polio and the production of insulin.
3. Irrational Rationing Hysteria (Boxing Day Madness)
We're going to run out of vaccines! You get in line outside the clinic at 5am before everyone does. If we start running low on vaccines, Stephen Harper will decide who has highest priority to receive the vaccine. Shivers.
4. Cliff-Lemmings Paranoia
You are convinced that the vaccine has not been tested properly and it's going to make more people sick than the flu. Better let other people get the shot first so that you can make sure it's safe.
5. Influenza Paranoia
You fear that the flu is artificial and created by the military in covert collaboration with big pharmaceutical companies. You spend your nights scanning the internet for conspiracy theories on web forums. The Truth is out there.
1. Influenza Hysteria
You think everyone is going to catch H1N1 and die. You bathe in alcohol disinfectant and you wear latex gloves on public transit. Let's party like it's 1918.
Non-canonical cases:
2. Immunization Hysteria
You believe that the vaccine is going to kill everyone or turn us into vampire-zombie-Nazis. The drug companies are careless and we haven't been able to trust them since the eradication of Polio and the production of insulin.
3. Irrational Rationing Hysteria (Boxing Day Madness)
We're going to run out of vaccines! You get in line outside the clinic at 5am before everyone does. If we start running low on vaccines, Stephen Harper will decide who has highest priority to receive the vaccine. Shivers.
4. Cliff-Lemmings Paranoia
You are convinced that the vaccine has not been tested properly and it's going to make more people sick than the flu. Better let other people get the shot first so that you can make sure it's safe.
5. Influenza Paranoia
You fear that the flu is artificial and created by the military in covert collaboration with big pharmaceutical companies. You spend your nights scanning the internet for conspiracy theories on web forums. The Truth is out there.
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