#22. The SWINE FLU Update

EXAMPLES:

"Nona Orvis has a horrible cough. Uh-oh. Swine Flu????"
"Jared Wicker has a fever ... oink oink oink oink."
"Carlos Ellet: Do Swine Flu victims go to Hog Heaven?"

If there's one thing that's spreading faster than the latest potential pork pandemic, it's alarming news stories about said flu. From TV to radio to newspaper, the media can't keep us scared enough, citing school closings, border closings, world health official warnings and of course the handful of deaths associated with the virus.

But where there's social networking, there's relief from all things serious. Count on Facebook users to counteract the fearmongering by joking around and taking it all in stride. As long as the Swine Flu updates continue, it probably means the spreadable disease is not yet that grave a matter.