Swine Flu

[Ray1936]

I was starting to get a little cranked over all "the sky is falling" reports on TV and other media about the flu outbreak, mainly in Mexico. Jeez, I thought, if I get it, I get it, big deal. I've had it before.

Then I remembered an old family death certificate in my files. Dug it out, and my memory was right. Thomas Downing, great grandpa's brother, was a big, strapping Okie at 50 years of age when the pandemic of 1918 hit him late in the year. The flu developed into pneumonia, and he died in his prime in December, 1918, leaving a wife and a family of eight children.

Maybe I'll be a bit careful and wash my hands every chance I get for a while after all. Y'all out there be careful, too.
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