Rose and Sam's Excellent Adventure

The Vietnamese Department of Education last night, at 10:00pm decided to close down the country’s entire school system. So until further notice, we’re out of a job.

CNN have done their job perfectly and Vietnam is freaking out about swine flu. There’s been 1000 cases in Vietnam, supposedly, resulting in 1 death.

Approx 50 people are mashed, smashed and torn asunder in motorcycle accidents daily in Vietnam. My friend has seen 3 corpses in Doi Can in 2 weeks. My other friend saw a severed head in the middle of the road (Also Doi Can) from a motorcycle accident. People had slowed down to throw money at the head to appease spirits.

They can muster enough sense to throw money at severed heads, but as soon as someone gets the sniffles, they freak out.

Don’t they know all the trendy kids are getting swine flu these days? The dude from Harry Potter got it, Shit, even Wess got it. Most people know someone who has had swine flu, and they all say the same thing. “I had the sniffles for a few days, then I spent a week wondering why I couldn’t leave my bloody house”.

The normal influenza virus kills 250,000 – 400,000 people world wide per year. In Vietnam, there’s been 1 death. They’ve closed the school system until further notice. Logic has taken a holiday and panic has set in.

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