When I feel like writing a blog post, I simply go to CNN, find unintentional satire worthy of Swift, then write about it. Once again, as easy as taking candy from a baby. Full disclosure: taking candy from a baby is actually a bit difficult especially as the baby gets older.

So CNN’s big picture headline today was “Emergency rooms hit with flu ‘hysteria’“, a valid look at how the media coverage hype has been problematic for emergency rooms — so much so that some had to even temporarily shutdown to paramedics.
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