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Archive for 28/04/2009
Swine Flu
28/04/2009 by admin.
The world is facing a potential ’swine flu’ pandemic. The outbreak has already claimed more than 100 lives in Mexico with thousands more infected and the virus has now spread overseas.
Now transmitted from human to human the virus is said to have arisen from people working on pig farms. So, how does this link to our novel? Well in our account of events:
- To help open her mind to the power of the imagination to see the otherwise unseen, Sarah Whittenbury recites the nursery rhyme ‘Ring a ring o roses, a pocket full of posies. Atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down.’ Many have associated the verse with the Great Plague of London in 1665 or earlier outbreaks of bubonic plague.
- Ben Whittenbury dreams of receiving ‘pennies from heaven’ to restore the disused pig-stys in the grounds of Keeper’s Cottage, whilst Charles Lamb’s journal records the pig farm in its full glory. And, Malachi our messenger claims that ‘it’s gone to pigs and whistles’ an idiom which means its become ruined or worthless.
- Sarah likens Ben Whittenbury to Dr Who: WHO is an acronym for The World Health Organisation a specialised agency of the United Nations acting as a co-ordinating authority on international public health. The WHO have a key role in leading the global response to the threat.
- The curious notes from the future left within our pages include one that speculates on the potential growth of the human population. It concludes with an observation that the predictions for growth by 2100 may well be impacted by a pandemic.
- In Charles Lamb’s journal, Lucy Ebbs, Mother Nature personified, warns that humanity needs to mend our ways and show the planet more respect or we will feel her wrath.
Life on Earth is indeed most mysterious. If previous pandemics are replicated then a whole generation is potentially at risk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0XknwXqLDo
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