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From our local newspaper yesterday:

First Case of swine flu Reported in Grays Harbor County
By Callie White - The Daily World

Thursday, May 22, 2009 12:12 PM PDT

A 14-year-old Hoquiam girl is Grays Harbor County’s first known case of the A/SWH1 virus, once known as the H1N1 virus, and more widely known as “swine flu.”

The girl, who has now recovered, was ill earlier this month. It took about a week for a flu test taken by a local physician to come back.

The girl was kept out of school during most of her illness, which should decrease the risk of exposure, according to the Grays Harbor Health Department.

Mike Parker, Hoquiam Superintendent, said the students at Hoquiam Middle School will get letters to take home today to let parents know about the case. It will include precautions kids can take to prevent spreading the contagion.

“We’re going to follow the lead of the Health Department,” Parker said. He added that the school nurse, whose office is in the middle school, “is on top of this.”

[End of Article from Newspaper] The above headline and article were the headline news on page one--32-point headline at least!

First the tragedy on Thursday--also a page one news story, and now this! What next for Grays Harbor County ... and Mediawingnuts and his brother, Richard, who thought they had found the perfect paradise beyond the boundaries of civilization?

PS: And yes, Richard and I drive by that very middle school when Richard drives me daily to the hospital for my AIS treatments. Richard noticed immediately that he felt cramps as we passed that school coming back to Ocean Shores this afternoon.