The Pandemic

Since the pandemic issues are changing rapidly, I don't want to write much about it.  But, I wanted to provide a link to a fabulous outline of the issues, essentially what we know what we don't know.  Click here for the link.

Here is Seattle, we now have, as of this morning, three confirmed cases.  The elementary school where one child has been diagnosed is now closed.  

Google is providing maps of the flu.  And Vice President Biden recommends not taking planes or trains (as in public transportation, boy that will rile the mass transit folks in this city!).

And last, here is some video discussing the pandemic provided by my colleagues with the Society of Environmental Journalists.  Sorry about the ads you have to watch...

While it is all confusing and made even more so by a media that thrives on crisis (has CNN picked it's pandemic music, yet?), my suggestion is similar to President Obama's.  Be prudent, do your research, and wash your hands.

The policy discussions will continue to fall out, everything from tracing food sources, corporate or mass feed lot raised meats and poultry, to, of course, trans-boundary issues of human migration.  But at this point those discussions are for later.  

As we find more sites and information that will be helpful, we will post it.