#161 — Missed Diagnoses

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During the recent influenza outbreak, news broadcasters switched into hilarious panic mode. Night after night they talked excitedly in the manner of newscasters in classic Japanese monster movies.

“Swine flu has been sighted outside your town and is headed your way! It will destroy you and your family! You must evacuate at once!”

From the sound of it, we should have been running in panic down the streets while a sixty-foot virus stomped our homes into rubble. The only thing missing was a scientist in a white lab coat and black plastic glasses telling us his secret invention was the key to defeating Swine Flu, but that he couldn’t use it because it was too powerful for mankind to possess.

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Notes:

• A quick shout-out to all of the nice folks I’ve been chatting with on Twitter including @spelleanor, @zac_in_ak, @themoneygeek, @mainframe, @mmangen, @CoolB, @NewForestAlex, @BecaVan, @jTimothyKing, @verseandy and @hjkuzcotopia.
• Thanks to Kim and And for playing my promo on the Joss Wheadon fan podcast Upsidedown and Halfway to Happyland
• Thanks also to CleanCasts.com — a great directory — for featuring this program and @Betanie for the re-Tweet of their announcement.
• Finally, thanks to Shane and Stephen and cousin Tim for hanging in there with me during a recent writing session.  It was fun to have you along.