No Kissing Piggies!

While a kissing culture has finally decided to be more careful about contagious diseases, the non-kissing culture is panicked about the possible Swine Flu pandemic. However, Mexico can't just stop functioning! Mexicans have to go to work to provide for their families. Many of them do not receive sick days...they don't have that option. The tourist economy has already suffered a major loss as a result of the panic. So what should they do? School closings? -Check! Wear masks? -Check! Avoid crowded areas? -hmmm...not so easy. Public transportation is heavily relied upon and cannot be avoided. You can't go to any public place these days without encountering a sea of masked people. Every third or fourth car is driven by someone trying to protect themselves by covering their mouths and noses. Some experts say that the masks are not effective at preventing the Swine Flu. We, personally, are taking it one day at a time; gathering as much information as possible from reliable sources.

We feel like we are living a scene from a movie. Our lives are surreal. However, like the Mexicans, we can't stop functioning. We are going to the store, cooking for our families, and my husband is still going to the office. Today we went to Tonala, where we scout for new Artists, and the closest we got to the Swine Flu was a piggy made of clay! Tonala was calm, the people were going with the flow. We are choosing to be calm and rational amongst the flood of misinformation that we are receiving. Some of us are even trying to put a little bit of humor back in our lives by circulating emails and websites that try and get a laugh.

This is one of my favorites: "Top 5 Things that Won't Prevent Swine Flu"

http://tuccioholic.com/swineflu.htm

In the end, we have no control, really. What's the point of panicking? That's the only thing we CAN control, right?

Saludos,

Cati and Kim