Nigel, I heard that more people die from flu vaccine than from swine flu. It's ridiculous. Perhaps the pharmaceutical companies want everyone in a tizzy.

What gets me (and believe me, I ain't preaching, I'm realizing this myself) is that we'll get all upset and worried over the unlikely possibility that we might catch the flu... but we won't cut back on sugar, salt & fat, we won't exercise, we won't eat more fruit & veg, drink more water, and get more sleep.

And... we'll get all upset and worried over the minute possibility that we might catch the flu... but we do little about the fact that we are destroying this planet with our lifestyles. Logging old growth forests; polluting the air, land and sea; killing off other species at an alarming rate; contaminating the food chain and even the water we drink.

(I say "we" in the general sense, meaning "humans as a whole". Not making accusations or sitting on my high horse.)

Heidi - no one to complain to. They are putting in storm drains.