Swine flu… It’s a funny thing, hysteria

The global scare over swine flu continues and is getting closer to home. On Monday, I received two telephone calls in rapid succession from close members of my family. “I’ve just seen the news,” said my mother. “And they’ve shut your school because of an outbreak of swine flu,” she told me with a hint of worry in her voice.

The global scare over swine flu continues and is getting closer to home. On Monday, I received two telephone calls in rapid succession from close members of my family. “I’ve just seen the news,” said my mother. “And they’ve shut your school because of an outbreak of swine flu,” she told me with a hint of worry in her voice.

“Well it’s a good job I left it in 1981,” I responded somewhat abruptly. The next day, I left home relatively early to head up to London for the ninth Euromoney Forex Forum.

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