.pig flu

I am stuck in Melbourne, Victoria.

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My flight from Melbourne to Perth has took off 40 minutes ago. The family have planned on meeting up in Perth early June and we have all been anticipating the trip since a few months ago.

And so the swine flu comes. My parents decided to play safe and cancel the trip. My eldest sister and brother decided not to go in the end too. I was still planning on going because it might be a very good photography opportunity, and I don't want to waste $355 (return ticket) for nothing.

The H1N1 cases have been rising exponentially everyday. There are currently 752 cases in Victoria and I'm wanting to know how many of these 752 people have recovered. I guess we should really take this a little more seriously now that it's spreading like wild fire. SF has just commented that he wouldn't be surprised tomorrow if there are 1000+ cases tomorrow. :\

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My life so far is still pretty normal, except that I don't do grocery shopping or other outside chores over the weekends anymore. I seriously have no idea how this pig flu nonsense is going to go away... But let's hope everything stabilizes before I start graduate school in July.

I still feel that the news have been exaggerating the H1N1 a little. But I'll probably avoid the northern suburbs for a while just in case. And I feel that majority of the population needs to increase their hygiene level.. Seriously. For example, I notice that not many people make the effort to use soap to wash their hands thoroughly after using public toilets. Eeeks.

So the question is, what do I do for the next 10 days? My June schedule has been ruined by the pig flu and I don't like last minute changes when things have been organized/planned nicely.

Ans: ...Guess I'll just stay home and do some work, since I can't go anywhere.