Word: swine
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...years since, society's fear of (and fascination with) sharks and terrorism has not abated. However, we've added a handful of other apocalyptic anxieties: mass extinction, proliferating nukes, global flooding, swine flu, bird flu, peak oil, economic collapse. The end of the world has long been the subject of a popular genre of TV, books and movies. Now, in the 21st century tradition of fear as entertainment, it has its own reality show. In Discovery's The Colony, 10 volunteers are barricaded in a warehouse, without running water or electricity, to simulate surviving after the end of civilization...
...paranoia. A man in his late 60s is driving, anxiously checking his mirrors and talking about the people he's sure are pursuing him. He's wearing a surgical mask and gives the impression of Jason Bourne as a possibly batty senior citizen, still dodging bad guys and, maybe, swine...
...living through a pandemic right now, but we don't yet know if the H1N1/09 virus--the new official name for what was first called swine flu--will sear the history books or merely strike us a glancing blow. In just a few months, H1N1/09 has spread to nearly every country in the world, infecting so many people that the World Health Organization has officially stopped counting. In nations where it is already winter, like Argentina, H1N1/09 has caused billions of dollars in damage, and China is quarantining foreigners suspected to have the flu. In the U.S., the virus...
...with flu symptoms at home. The CDC recommended that schools remain open, even during outbreaks of flu - a shift from its recommendation at the beginning of the pandemic last spring, when schools were advised to shut down immediately when students became ill. (See pictures of thermal scanners hunting for swine...
...palsy, conditions that interfere with breathing or may otherwise complicate influenza. The government also advised schools to take into account trends in outpatient visits for influenza at local hospitals, as well as rates of hospitalizations and death from the disease, in determining whether to close. (See pictures of the swine-flu outbreak in Mexico...