Flu Madness

Now that everything is settled with the on going wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and we are no longer concerned with near-record unemployment, oh and winter is supposed to be long, cold and wet (not all hot like the global warming doomsayers predicted) it is nice to sit back and remember how close the human race is to extinction because of swine flu.

During the week of October 11-17, 2009, influenza activity continued to increase in the United States as reported in FluView.

The MVRHS, oink, has been forced to cancel a football game this weekend because the team has the oink, swine flu. The game, between MVRHS and CapeTech/Harwich was, according to the CCTimes, a non-league game so, oink, not too important. Or, and you have to hear out VT on this one, oink, is the Island using swine flu as an excuse to avoid getting their butts whooped by the 4-0 Cape Tech? Oink.

Either way or neither way, health officials on the Island are planning an H1N1 clinic on Saturday for pre-schoolers. Vineyard Pediatrics is reportedly holding a small number of vaccines for at-risk patients. There is no word on a clinic for football players, the hockey team, girls basketball or the chess team. Oink.