Times Log

Thursday: I was immediately drawn to the article that dubbed swine flu an official pandemic. I'm absolutely flabbergasted that over the course of four days, something that I hadn't even heard of has become a very real threat to the U.S. and the whole world. After the first person, a young boy, died of the new illness on U.S. soil yesterday, the warnings and cautions seem to have drastically increased. With the director of the World Health Organization telling all countries to "activate their pandemic preparedness plans," I'm wondering what the United States' plans are. The article went on to mention the future possibility of closing schools if more cases developed. While I would love to wrap up the school year a little sooner, I can't help but think that closing UNH would cause more headaches than joy. For instance, I have no idea how I would complete all the tests and assignments I still have to do if school was suddenly closed due to the swine flu.