You can be Bangalore-d in many more ways than one. It’s not just our world-class infrastructure that we can boast about at the moment. We are also, solely from anecdotal evidence, the world’s flu capital. No, not bird flu (for which we now have a cheap vaccine developed by Indian researchers), not chikangunya (‘that which bends up’, from the Makonde, a matrilineal ethnic group from east Africa… and you thought it sounded like it originated in north Karnataka? So did I), though these have added weight to the honours list. But the common, garden variety, seven-days-or-a-week influenza is… well… everywhere. Especially in me. Twice over in the last two weeks.
You think the world is outsourcing flu, amongst all else? Sigh. It feels like it at the moment in my little corner of the blogosphere. And I’m the privileged back-end office. Working overtime. Triple sigh.
In the hope of recovery – and for all the others who I know are suffering too – here’s a funny something from the master of cheerer-ups: Ogden Nash. And just in case you’re wondering: when I have a snuffle, my temper is uffle.
“the world is outsourcing flu”: Bangalore doesn’t run on outsourcing alone, we innovate and breed stuff as well, stuff like flu.
And now we have the Dengue… spread by Mosquito’s that breed in stagnant water. Of all the places – AIIMS docs are afflicted.
What does this tell about the conditions at this premier Institute?
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