Swine flu pandemic?! - a photo on Flickriver

Yesterday the World Health Organization raised the alert level on the H1N1 influenza virus (or "swine flu"), meaning that it is now officially a "pandemic" -- the first global flu pandemic in over 40 years. For now, this virus doesn't seem to be much worse than other strains, but the worry is that it may mutate to become more deadly, as did so-called "Spanish flu" of 1918.

View larger on black. Textures by Skeletal Mess: check out his fantastic photostream.

This was a stone pig statue in a garden, and some clever person had put on the mask. Then it became an experiment in textures and layer modes (and the first time I've ever found a valid use for the "Dissolve" layer mode). Anyway, I don't expect this to be popular with the "sunset & flower crowd" (hey, that's me, too!), but here it is.
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Update, one flu season later: well, there was much hype, widespread immunizations and some deaths, but so far this strain doesn't seem any more deadly than other seasonal strains of influenza.

Taken in: Canada / Ontario / Toronto / Greektown (show map)

Taken on: June 7, 2009

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Camera: Canon PowerShot A570 IS, f/3.5, 1/100 sec, 9.9mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot A570 IS
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	9.9mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-2/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
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