Photos from swine flu-addled Mexico City last night, where despite the closure of schools and museums, dire warnings from health officials, and the sight of thousands of people wearing masks, life continued on pretty much as usual. It's hard to work up a healthy paranoia about a flu that responds to regular antiviral treatments, but who knows. The WHO is skiddish, and New York City is now investigating the case of 75 sick students at a Queens high school. Maybe we're looking at the Spanish flu of the Internet age.
More on the Mexico angle from local outlets El Universal and The News.
*Update. Things are getting hairy: The city is shutting down bars and discos. The relentless Catholic Church, though, has decided to hold mass anyway.
**Things really are getting hairy: Cases likely confirmed in New York.
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