Swine Flu

[Ginevive]

Human overpopulation, and huge factory farming, leads to these kinds of outbreaks, in my opinion. I am traveling to southern cali this autumn; I have no plans to change my itinerary. For one, my area here in NY, is full of farms where countless Mexican immigrants come seasonally to work. And I have already heard of cases of the flu in NY. So, I see no real difference in my chances of catching it, if I stay home, versus if I travel. I wanted to go to Mexico, but we changed our plans because of the unrest and upheval on the mex-US border; a very real danger.
I know that many people argue that we as a country, should keep our money here, and stop helping foreign nations. But personally, I think that we should financially assist Mexico in their dealings with this virus; we are intertwined and viruses do not respect manmade borders. And they need help. I really don't know what the correlation is, between US citizens mainly just getting sick from this; and Mexicans dying.. but it is something that I want to look into.

A little aside; I really wish that people as a whole, were neater and cleaner. I can't count how many times I'm in a bathroom stall, and hear people flush and just walk out. Or don't even bother to flush. Personally, I am a down-dirty country girl; but I still wash my hands well and use a paper towel to open doors at work where there are many people.. because many people don't! I'd seriously rather spend a day mucking out horse stalls, as opposed to dealing with human filth!