Tag Archives: swine flu

H1N1 clinic on Sunday in Ypsilanti

By Mark | November 19, 2009

I don’t want to freak people out, but this afternoon Washtenaw County had its first H1N1 death. And, that’s not the worst of it. According to AnnArbor.com, the person who died wasn’t someone in one of the so-called high-risk groups… Details, I suspect, will be coming out shortly. I’ve been wanting to get Clementine vaccinated […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Health, Ypsilanti | Also tagged a real use for Twitter, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu, FluMist, H1N1, public health, public health emergency, Twitter, vaccinations, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County Public Health Department | 5 Comments

Japan, ramping up H1N1 precautions

By Mark | September 9, 2009

My friend Pete Larson, a brilliant musician who turned his back on rock and roll in order accept his fate and become a scientist, just returned from Japan, where he wrote the following. I thought some of you with mask fetishes might enjoy it. While the 2009 H1N1 flu has been written off by the […]

Posted in Health, Ideas, Other | Also tagged 1918 flu, 25 Suaves, antibacterial, antiseptic filter, bathroom cleaners, bird flu, Bulb Records, burqa substitutes, Dorf, ebola, flu, H1N1, herbal aroma, Japan, Japanese products, Kobayashi Pharmaceuticals, Malawi, mask fetishes, Napoleon, Osaka, Pete Larson, public health, rock opera, school closure, science fiction flavors, the oral cavity, throat disinfectants, virus, Washlet | 12 Comments

Friday Free For All brought to you by Cafe Luwak

By Mark | June 11, 2009

Just as MSNBC’s Morning Joe program is now sponsored by Starbucks, at least for the month of June, MM.com is sponsored by the wonderfully terrific weekend breakfast bar at Ypsilanti’s Cafe Luwak… I would go on and gush some more about the succulent sausage, the mouth-watering french toast and such, but I’m afraid of what […]

Posted in Coupon, Food, Locally Owned Business, Media, Ypsilanti | Also tagged angry banana, Cafe Luwak, David Letterman, giant sea creatures, jeans, Jon Stewart, Meagan Fox's toethumb, open thread, pandemic, Sara Palin, Starbucks, violence on the extreme right, Ypsitucky | 49 Comments

Laurie Garrett on the lessons of the 1918 flu

By Mark | May 26, 2009

I’ve been sucked into a TED vortex. I’ve probably watched five lectures already tonight. I was going to post one of them here about orgasms, but, at the last minute, I decided that, instead, I’d throw out this 2007 presentation by Pulitzer Prize winning science author Laurie Garrett on the lessons of the 1918 flu. […]

Posted in Other | Also tagged 1918 flu, avian flu, Laurie Garrett, Mexico, orgasm, pandemic, public health, TED | 11 Comments

Turning the tables on the pigs

By Mark | May 3, 2009

In a hilarious turn of events, it looks as though a Canadian farmer may have given the swine flu to his pigs… Of course, he likely made a more virulent strain of the flu in the process – one which will probably kill us all – but, as it sounds funny, I’ve decided to post […]

Posted in Health, Michigan | Also tagged jumping species, pandemic, pigs | 4 Comments