I call it Lardon (Bacon) Flu because I forgot what pig is in french and I just haven't looked it up. Plus I see a lot more bacon throughout my week than live pigs.
H1N1 is serious business here at New York University Paris. In every one of our orientation meetings they have talked about it. I don't know how true this is, but I heard that the hype is kind of dying down in the US, but apparently that specualtion has made it to France. In every classroom inside the door there is antibacterial hand sanitizer. There are different trash cans with lids for gloves and masks. So is it still big in America? Honestly comment, want know.
And I wish this were a joke but the first day of french class the first word my teacher taught us was sneeze (éntenuer), followed by cough (tousser). Then she told us to not even think about coming to class if we did either of those things.
Then yesterday as I took a little nap, I found it really hard to take a sleep because I was sure I coming down with the symptoms. Every time I cough I worry.
The point of this post is to let you know that NYU Paris is good at making their students feel cared about, academically capable, and turning them into hypochondriacs.
The hype came back with the start of school and the vaccines should be available in early August so there have been some headlines reeking of gloom and doom again lately ...
ReplyDeleteAh, swine ... I'll google what it is in french real quick ... l'oink ... no, just kidding ... it's porc. Or pourceau if you want to get fancy about it. Or actually ... swine flu is officially la grippe porcine. Huh.
La grippe. La grippe. La post nasal drip ...
yeah it has become a big deal again kind of.
ReplyDeletethe chinese people have on masks here again. ...well some.
I dont feel the swine flu thing will hit Hillsdale til fair week.
ReplyDeleteWe get CDC updates on it weekly at work, and I know a family of 6 in Kansas that all had it at once (but mild cases, all). Stay healthy and have a chocolate croissant for me, wouldja?
ReplyDeleteHYPE IS BACK. Apparently a kid died at Cornell. So the hype is back on. Getting a little nervous myself, truly.
ReplyDeleteHate that suitcase. Love that teacher of yours.