Oh, and just for the record, I didn't vote for Obama or Bush.
Back the topic at hand, I hope they are blowing this swine flu out of proportion, just like they did the bird flu. I have such wonderful luck, I would get it right after they run out of the vaccine.
However, I do find it amusing that mexico is getting extremely offended by the whole ordeal. I can't imagine how many thousands of $$ they've lost because it seems to have originated there. A friend of mine had a cruise booked in advance to go down the coast into mexico and stop in various ports, once this hit the news they routed the cruise up north to the Seattle area instead.