{"id":14448,"date":"2009-04-29T17:45:43","date_gmt":"2009-04-29T22:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=14448"},"modified":"2009-04-29T23:00:53","modified_gmt":"2009-04-30T04:00:53","slug":"swine-flu-panic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/swine-flu-panic\/","title":{"rendered":"Okay it&#8217;s officially time to panic!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14453\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14453\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14453\" title=\"Porky Pig says, only you can prevent swine flu!\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/porky3.jpg?resize=236%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Porky Pig says, only you can prevent swine flu!\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Porky Pig says, only you can prevent swine flu!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I had a couple of days off from TV, after being subjected to it nonstop at Scarlet O&#8217;Hara International Airport all day Monday. I&#8217;m now home (where I have a TV as opposed to my studio, where I stay in the dark), writing an August horoscope column for one of those magazines that works far in the future&#8230;and I just turned on NBC news for a little relaxing entertainment &#8212; which is sounding the alarm: it&#8217;s official, it&#8217;s a pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Watch out. It could get worse. Earlier, we said it wasn&#8217;t time to panic. Now it&#8217;s time to freak out. Wear a stethoscope like an iPod and walk around listening to make sure your heart is still beating. Don&#8217;t eat tacos, tortillas or chimichangas. If you don&#8217;t freak out you&#8217;re a total fucking idiot. Egypt is killing all baby boys, even though they haven&#8217;t been associated with spreading the disease.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t step in pig poo. It&#8217;s safe to ride public transportation, just wash your hands. Use Purell as lube. Cover your mouth when you sneeze. If you don&#8217;t have any tissues, use the corner of your elbow or wear a plastic bag over your head. In case of nuclear war, get under the kitchen table. Happy spring! Thinking about sex, peace or prosperity is known to spread the flu virus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/video\/autoworkers_compete_to_keep_jobs?utm_source=a-section\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Just kidding! Cancel &#8211; clear &#8211; cancel &#8211; clear &#8211; cancel &#8211; clear<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a couple of days off from TV, after being subjected to it nonstop at Scarlet O&#8217;Hara International Airport all day Monday. I&#8217;m now home (where I have a TV as opposed to my studio, where I stay in the dark), writing an August horoscope column for one of those magazines that works far &#8230; <a title=\"Okay it&#8217;s officially time to panic!\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/swine-flu-panic\/\" aria-label=\"More on Okay it&#8217;s officially time to panic!\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}