Driving down the M4 this morning there was a woman wearing a face mask. In her sealed tin can hurtling away from London at about 80mph. She was alone. No passengers to infect her. The world has started slowly going mad over the pig pox.
Lunch time in the office as I attempted to insert a chicken and stuffing sandwich into my mouth while typing at the keyboard, a debate kicks off at the desk next to me. Apparently the local rag in Newbury has a story of a guy in the area who refuses to cancel his upcoming holiday to Mexico, reckons this whole pandemic mallarkey is a media conspiracy.
According to the article our skeptic friend works for the same company. Someone looks him up on the people finder - he works in Babbage, the same building we're all sat in. A kerfuffle ensues.
Seems people are reacting to this thing in one of two ways: extreme hypochondria or deepest skepticism.
So this got me thinking... if this virus is coming it's gonna get us all in the end. Some will get sick, some might die, most will just fret, hide indoors and turn a bit obsessive-compulsive about germs until they eventually catch it.
Things are not as bad as they seem though. The UK has stockpiled enough antiviral drugs to treat half the population. Catching it is not the end of the world. Unless you're in that latter half of the population who gets it.
I for one would rather be in the first half, get the flu and the antiviral drugs before they all run out. Get it over with and get on with my life, immune from the pesky pox for ever more.
But time is running out, the sooner I catch it the better. If I want the best treatment I should really catch it early while they're still trying to contain it, a team of doctors can monitor my every sniffle and make sure I get better. Not when half the population is already sick and overcrowding the hospitals. By that stage there might not even be enough drugs for half the population as health workers start stockpiling the tamiflu for their families.
Also these viruses have a pesky habit of developing immunity to the antiviral drugs. And fast.
So I'll be out there on the crowded tube, attending every public gathering I can get to, trying to catch this virus. Get it out of the way I say. Before it's too late.
Bring on the pig pox.
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