The NYT ran a story a few days ago – a mother-daughter banter across a dozen time zones – entitled Swine Flu Diary: Caught in a Beijing Dragnet by Sheryl Gay Stolberg (mom) and Olivia Robinson (daughter). It is an emotional piece that documents a parent’s worst nightmare: being half-a-world away as your child is [...]
One Flu East
August 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments
Tags: Beijing · epidemic · H1N1
Peaches and Eggs
May 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment
Someone’s blowing things up close to my home, 3:45 on a Thursday afternoon, an odd time of both the day and the week, even in Tianjin. Not sure why, though I am not curious enough to go find out the reason. But for a moment I just flashed on 2003 when SARS founds its way [...]
Media Hype Alert!
May 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Many have been questioning the morbid over-reporting of the swine flu alert (as well as the insane reactions to the news reports by Chinese officials regarding Mexican and Canadian nationals who have come to visit China). As usual, Hans Rosling has something to tell us about it. If you do not follow Hans Rosling at [...]