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  1. My best guess about the strange case of the temporarily missing Northwest airplane from last week: http://bit.ly/4zIFRZ8:51 AM Oct 26th from web
  2. Update: total no. of CNN Breaking News Alert msgs about balloon boy this week -- five (5). Can't...stop...alerting...!7:08 PM Oct 17th from txt
  3. No. of CNN Breaking News alert msgs about 6-yr-old who may or may not be in balloon: 3. (So far.) TV news people need to feel more shame12:58 PM Oct 15th from web
  4. When vaccines play hard to get... The longer the lines, the more people want swine flu shot! http://bit.ly/T3ZmI8:51 AM Oct 15th from web
  5. Of course, good to keep perspective... Est'd number of kids killed in U.S. car crashes over same period: 700.9:31 AM Oct 9th from web
  6. Number of kids killed by H1N1 so far: 75. Average flu season: About the same. Only problem: Flu season hasn't actually started...9:22 AM Oct 9th from web
  7. Best emergency-management talk of all time: "Zombie Attack: Applying Emergency Management to Attacks by the Undead." Orlando Nov 3.11:32 AM Oct 8th from web
  8. OK, your flu-vaccine locator is here: http://bit.ly/1EUtVH Only problem: still too early to locate much of anything. Bookmark and move on!11:15 AM Oct 8th from web
  9. Irrationally excited about my new Swine Flu Quiz on Time.com. Who knew pandemic flu could be so fun?! http://bit.ly/OWAwm10:58 AM Sep 17th from web
  10. Just finished giving a talk in Sacramento to Calif hospitals. They are in a tough spot...between a pandemic flu and a budget catastrophe.1:32 PM Sep 14th from web
  11. Swine Flu Trend Spotter Alert! The kids are apparently calling it the "hinnie" flu. Or so I am told. Much better than H1N1, I think.1:30 PM Sep 14th from web
  12. At pandemic drill in DC Marriott. Feds invited reporters--as players. So it's off the record. But I will not be silenced...well, not totally6:28 AM Sep 2nd from txt
  13. USA Today story on 90k dead from swine flu is bogus. Am sitting at the CDC reading the report. That ain't what it says.6:53 AM Aug 25th from web
  14. Swine flu vaccine now being tested in pregnant women.3:32 PM Aug 24th from txt
  15. 3rd surprise from swine flu boot camp: pregnant women make up 6% of deaths--but only 1% of the population.3:31 PM Aug 24th from txt
  16. 2nd surprise from swine flu boot camp: This fall, no one will know if they have regular flu or swine flu. Just that they are miserable.3:28 PM Aug 24th from txt
  17. Drinking a cold beer after 10 hrs of Swine Flu boot camp at CDC. One surprise: CDC campus is really nice. Like beautiful. Who knew?3:25 PM Aug 24th from txt
  18. On way to Atlanta for CDC meeting for reporters--on swine flu. Just tried to sneeze into my arm on plane. Did not go well.1:49 PM Aug 23rd from txt
  19. Dr. Death comes to Washington. Check out my story in the Atlantic about the new head of FEMA: http://bit.ly/Vf25C11:38 AM Aug 11th from web
  20. New forecasts out from Colo State psychics. Can't resist a peek. Looks stormy but not apocalyptic: 4 hurricanes in 2009. http://bit.ly/2HoDi5:12 PM Aug 4th from web