I am feeling fearful of swine flu. In my life, I don’t have memories of other virus ‘pandemics;’ it seems dire to me. Working at the Unicorn and riding public transport may or may not raise my risk since I do interact with many many people per day and deal with their dirty dishes. We have discussed important sanitary precautions at work (mostly just washing hands, washing hands, washing hands), and I feel fearful.
I feel fearful as well because I imagine that if I get swine flu, all of those people I serve at the cafe will get it! maybe maybe not.
Every day I learn new things about swine flu that may or may not be facts. There are newly identified cases. I worry that what I normally would think were allergies could be swine flu.
I also think of the people I knew in Mexico, where the outbreak is seemingly most severe. I wonder if mi ranchito is affected??
I plan to seek treatment if there is a time when I develop what may be flu symptoms.
