A member of the White House advance team and his family are also preliminarily being looked at as swine flu patients, reports AP. But just like the World Bank employee, the White House staffer and his family all live in Maryland, so this too is not counted as a District of Columbia case. "We still have no known cases of H1N1 in the District," D.C. Department of Health spokesperson Dena Iverson said this afternoon. Of course, given that these people all work inside the District, that's a technical distinction you could argue doesn't have very much of a difference.



Can we talk for a second about how the hundreds of people who have contracted this flu and then recovered? I think it's important that everyone be aware of the "pandemic," but also to remember that it's not a death sentence if you treat the symptoms. I don't mean to downplay it, but I think it's a hair ridiculous to start in with the panic and the face masks.
I fully agree.
WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!
Agreed. Even if we have little resistance to this flu, it doesn't appear to be particularly virulent.
Do they ride the metro? or drive?
I am disappointed that the gang hasn't stylized this yet as the PIGPOCALYPSE. Or is that reserved for when a restaurant is giving away free bacon?
We were waiting for you DPR.
But I like the free bacon idea too.