Bird flu by me today!

I've found the bird flu very frightening. The most deep down fear is because the experience of going through this seems to be etched in cell genetic memory. I've never been through a pandemic and hope that I find a healthy immune defense is the best defense.

I get sick sometimes but for the most part have felt like I can avoid coming down with flu, sore throats, etc. It doesn't mean that I dont get a sniffly nose! And that is what I am working on: to keep myself from becoming a statistic, a carrier, a fucking vector.

When I learned about reproduction in a high school biology class, it was funny and even philosophical to think about how we humans are just the adult stage of the zygote. Ultimately making me, a 17 y.o. zygote, relax a little understanding genetics and time is on my side, and I'll eventually lose my virginity. That we have no control over what happens is completely untrue though.

If you take care of your health (the basics washing your hands and eating healthy foods, take your vitamins and get lots of sleep) You will be a positive force against this H5N1 and maybe he won't even try! The other common sense but necessary thing to do is to be capable of accessing food without it being prepared or you being in direct contact with other people.

I'm a social creature and I'm not excited about avoiding family and friends but at the cost of life I will forgo a visit, a hug and even a handshake. At the very least wash your hands and don't get to obsessive. It is life that we are living, there are no directions in a book but I think I got a road map here somewhere.