Despite The Continuing Spread Of H1N1, Pork Products Remain Perfectly Safe
I just received an update from the CDC, confirming there are now 896 cases of H1N1 (Swine Flu) in 41 states. Interestingly, here in Arkansas (where I spent the last two days mingling with outstanding health professionals), there hasn’t been a single case.
Here’s the current national tally:
• Alabama: 4
• Arizona: 48
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• California: 106
• Colorado: 17
• Connecticut: 4
• Delaware: 38
• Florida: 5
• Georgia: 3
• Hawaii: 3
• Idaho: 1
• Illinois: 204
• Indiana: 15
• Iowa: 5
• Kansas: 7
• Kentucky: 2
• Louisiana: 7
• Maine: 4
• Maryland: 4
• Massachusetts: 71
• Michigan: 9
• Minnesota: 1
• Missouri: 4
• Nebraska: 4
• Nevada: 5
• New Hampshire: 2
• New Jersey: 7
• New Mexico: 8
• New York: 98
• North Carolina: 7
• Ohio: 5
• Oklahoma: 1
• Oregon: 15
• Pennsylvania: 2
• Rhode Island: 2
• South Carolina: 17
• Tennessee: 2
• Texas: 91 (and 2 deaths)
• Utah: 8
• Virginia: 11
• Washington: 23
• Wisconsin: 26
In any event, despite the spread of H1N1 throughout the country, I simply wanted to note, once again, that pork products, and Arkansas, remain perfectly safe...
It is also (in my mind) equally important to point out that, wherever we live, we shouldn’t let the flu ruin our fun. Despite 26 confirmed cases in Wisconsin, I look forward to returning home tomorrow (in a small, confined airplane), and promptly ordering myself a cold beverage and, more important, a Johnsonville brat . . .
