H1N1

So.... I guess the swine flu finally made it into Mainland China. Mainland China has just confirmed its first case of H1N1 (Swine flu). With a country with such a large population, I guess it was only a matter of a few days before the first case was confirmed. The infected person had traveled from St. Louis to Tokyo to Beijing and then to Chengdu.

I guess I will have to cancel my ideas of visiting Chengdu during the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival. Call me paranoid, but this is the same girl who wore a face mask all through Taiwan to Hong Kong to Shanghai. From the Hello Kitty boarding gate in Taipei to the Pudong Quarantine and Inspection area. I am also thinking that all this H1N1 talk is proof that I should probably be staying home that holiday weekend so that I can take inventory of my life and organize for leaving China.

Here is a link if you’re interested:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8043189.stm