{"id":10595,"date":"2020-03-04T10:06:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T16:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/?p=10595"},"modified":"2020-03-04T12:34:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T18:34:32","slug":"remembering-the-pig-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/remembering-the-pig-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"remembering the pig flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>\u00a0i wrote down these reflections in may 2014. i&#8217;m glad i did. some of the emotions have <\/i><i> since then, and they shouldn&#8217;t. global health scares keep popping up in the 21st century. we need\u00a0to be strong physically and mentally.<\/i><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p>it&#8217;s been 5 years now since mexico city was  by the swine flu. most of the memories i have of the moment &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10598\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ss-090428-swine-flu-02ss_full.jpg\" alt=\"many metro riders in mexico city wearing masks to protect them from swine flu\" width=\"269\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>swine flu memories<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>the stupid fuckin masks everywhere.  every time u heard the person next to u sneeze. preventative measures such as &#8216;cover your mouth when u cough&#8217; and &#8216;wash your hands often&#8217; welcomed <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/as-if-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as if<\/a> they were new ideas. the public having to depend on a government that it usually doubts for information about the epidemic and worst of all, one of the world&#8217;s biggest, most vibrant cities hamstrung over a bogus prediction.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10599\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/swine_flu_masked_train_passengers_in_mexico_city.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"174\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>she got the fever? they got the fever?<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>there was a negative surreal feeling to  the international news and realizing &#8216;hey, that&#8217;s us&#8217;, and while the pig flu  <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/thanksgiving-today-vs-the-first-thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thankfully<\/a> unimportant in <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/comparison-pronunciation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comparison<\/a> to the natural disasters and political unrest that have dominated global interest the past 5 years, the exaggeration of the  it presented was  some dumbass shit to live through.<\/p>\n<p>this is one of the most important songs written about the swine flu experience&#8211;&gt;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"h1n1 iz bullshit\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8qcJ3zMG2GI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.217.65\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0i wrote down these reflections in may 2014. i&#8217;m glad i did. some of the emotions have since then, and they shouldn&#8217;t. global health scares&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[4,163,1846],"tags":[9,11,4221,10,4218,4223,4220,4219,4090],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ss-090428-swine-flu-02ss_full.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10595"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10595"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10606,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10595\/revisions\/10606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}