The reactions to swine flu in Mexico

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One very interesting consequence of the current situation with swine flu in Mexico (New Yortk Times, BBC, El Universal, Hesari) has been the reaction of the public.  While of course the healthcare system is taking all possible measures and people are worried, quite a few have tended to cope with the situation through jokes (some of a very dark nature). People have started joking about zombies, politics, Hollywood disaster movies or the fact that it seems to be a mutation of bird, swine and human flu.  There’s even a swine flu song…

A selection of tweets below (mostly in Spanish, sorry):

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2 Responses to The reactions to swine flu in Mexico

  1. El país muere de influenza y los mexicanos se burlan con humor negro… somos únicos! jajajaja..

  2. hasta que la influenza nos separe… jajaja

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