Stop the Panic! – A Mexican View on Swine Flu

This morning, I received an email reply from my good friend Karen who comes from (and still lives in) Mexico City, updating me on what’s happening with the swine flu outbreak in Mexico.

For the non-Spanish readers amongst you, Karen basically paints a rather more normal view of what’s actually happening over there than the ridiculously alarmist media reports we Brits are being fed!

The text of her email reads:

Re: Are you all ok over there??
From: Karen Rodriguez (k*******@gmail.com)
Sent: 28 April 2009 05:31:38
To: miranda grell (mirandagrell@…………)

Hola Miranda!

Afortunadamente estamos bien, obviamente tomando todas las medidas de sanidad pero en general estamos tranquilos y manteniéndonos informados para cualquier cambio. Dentro de lo que cabe, estamos haciendo nuestra vida cotidiana y esperamos que todo se normalice pronto! Sé que las noticias que se escuchan fuera de méxico aparentan ser alarmantes pero siento que las cosas se están calmando poco a poco… Te mantendré al tanto!

Un beso y un abrazo de parte de todos!!!

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