así es….de mi punto de vista, pues

I am now living in Mexico City (I moved up here from Olinalá on Thursday) and seeing as I am now apparently in the middle of an international health crisis, I felt I should end my silence on this site. I am currently in good health with no apparent flu symptoms.  As far as I know the rest of MCC team Mexico is also in good health.  Everyone is being advised to be cautious and wash hands and such things.

I went to the store on Saturday and there were very few people about in comparison to the numbers that are usually packed onto the metro. Quite a number of people are wearing masks, as seen in any of the photos of Mexico on international news sites right now.  Every news site I checked this morning (except for ESPN) had the flu as one of their top stories.  So there´s lots of information out about what´s currently going on, though experts don´t actually know much about the actual flu bug.

Update:  In addition to this flu scare, we also just had an earthquake.  A minor one (magnitude 5.6), seeing as I still have internet access and nothing fell off shelves, but an earthquake nonetheless.  One of the rolling kinds that makes you a tad bit nauseous.

Update reply to Kelsey´s inquiry: I took the metro this afternoon at around 3:30ish.  I haven´t been out in the last couple hours to see if it´s still going.  And it is true that no one was allowed to see soccer games.  There were photos in this morning´s paper of games being played with the stands completely empty.  Also, interestingly, according to this BBC map (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8021547.stm ) there are more confirmed cases in the US (40) than in Mexico right now (20).  Although more than 100 cases are being investigated in Mexico at the moment.

Reply to Pat´s inquiry: I´ll be in Mexico City for the next few months, working in the office here until sometime in July or August.