I still recall the swine flu scare. I was on a flight from Chicago to Toronto and there were literally only 18 of us on a wide body aircraft (that's the one with the 2-4-2 seat arrangement. Upon landing at the airport, customs was wearing masks and rubber gloves. As I work at hospitals, you can imagine the scene when I arrived. They might have as well posted "you may die if you breathe" signs everywhere. Seriously though, precautions are better than none, but I think to be totally safe, we might as well stay at home, suck on a pressurized bottle of whip cream and watch re-runs of Jerry Springer.

The climate change is an interesting debate. There is an Australian who started a site some time ago that has gained popularity on the topic after hearing one of our politicians claim it was a myth ... because you know, politicians and actors or celebrities know everything about anything and we should all listen to what they say (cough BS).

http://skepticalscience.com/

Beyond global warming, this is my favorite think tank as I have not turned on the news or the TV in over three years. Great place to mellow out intellectually, aside from a hot springs (except this weekend) ... Black's seems to be the better option in high heat.

http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/research/featured-publications/



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