Hah. I spent like eight hours yesterday writing a ten pages paper on the Massachusetts Health Care Reform Bill and was about ready to kill myself. But had I spent that time writing fic, I would've had to tear myself away from the computer to even eat anything. Yeah...it's a bug, this writing thing.

As for the flu...honestly, if the WHO has raised it to this level, it's because it's absolutely necessary. Yes, it's going to worry people, and yes, it's going to lead to rushes on hospitals (which frankly will probably spread anything much quicker, if the hospitals aren't ready for it) but people are panicking anyway and if governments aren't prepared to deal with it...it's better that they're prepared to deal with it, and a WHO warning level encourages that.