Post-PAX 'H1Nerd1' Swine Flu Cases No Joke
It was the stupid complication of a garden variety illness that kept me home from PAX this year. But as frustrating as it was to miss my first PAX and Pixel's excellently conceived panel simply because I needed a few well-timed shots, I can't help but be thankful I wasn't one of the nearly 100 confirmed cases of H1N1 virus infections diagnosed since 75,000 gamers descended upon Seattle.
100 out of 75,000 is pretty good odds, and the H1N1 has been getting better press as a milder illness than first seen in Mexico, but PAX attendees who may find themselves gathering around the very young or the very old may want to take extra precautions if they find themselves feeling flulike symptoms.
PAX organizers were swift with the info and the aid, using the Official PAX Twitter feed and the Penny Arcade homepage to host a list of flights carrying passengers with confirmed cases of the swine flu.
PAX Swine Flu Outbreak Soars to Nearly 100 Cases of 'H1Nerd1′ [GameLife]
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Posted to Miscellany on 9 September 2009
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I don't have any flu symptoms, but a guy with confirmed H1N1 kissed me on the lips. (two straight guys kissed, I said "you get more action than me George" and the other guy kissed me and said "there, feel better?")
Even if I did get the flu, I'd still consider PAX worth it. Maybe next year I'll see more people using the hand sanitizer dispensers the convention center had placed in various locations.