If you have opened a newspaper or turned on your television during the last month, then I don’t have to tell you that the number on topic onevery one’s mind seems to be the swine flu virus. As the news started to spread that the H1N1 flu virus was believed to be responsible for more than one hundred deaths in Mexico, people started to panic about the virus having the same effect around the world. Even though people are still worried about the fact that the H1N1 virus continues to spread, it has not caused the same level of deaths that it did in Mexico anywhere else in the world. I brought this issue up because it is hard for me to figure out why people continue to be extremely worried about swine flu when it is proving to be much less serious than initially believed. In spite of the fact that I think this continued worrying is unjustified, countries throughout the world are continuing to respond in a fairly serious manner.

Regardless of the fact that the swine flu worries continue, I am not going to let them interfere with my summer travel plans. Towards the beginning of this year, I planned a summer trip to Bristol with my friend, and we have been excited about spending a week in Bristol ever since we booked our reservations. After spending time tracking down great deals on my flight, hotel room and Bristol airport car rental, there’s no way I am giving those up and canceling my trip to Bristol. However, because people have a short attention span, I’m guessing that they will have already calmed down by the time my trip actually gets here and I won’t even have to worry about canceling it!