Swine Flu Survival

The F-Secure Lab is tracking search trends and opportunists on the Internet related to Swine Flu. 146 domains registered just over this past weekend.

They recommend reading Dread: How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu by Philip Alcabes

Meanwhile, the EU has warned travelers to avoid the US and Mexico:

The European Union’s health chief urged people on Monday to avoid travelling to Mexico or the United States as the first suspected cases of swine flu were reported in Europe, heightening fears of a pandemic. The disease has killed 103 people in Mexico and spread to the US.

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