Panic in the Supermarket: Good for Sales!

Here is a photo of the check-out line at my local supermarket. They have done a wonderful job of subtly suggesting that customers spend money out of a prudent sense of impending doom. Just to point out the details: the word 'FEAR' in 120 point type subliminally suggests that one should be afraid. Juxtaposed ever so slyly  with the Purell, at the very moment in time when money is coming out of the customer's pocket will likely result in sales of both products. Marketing science achieves yet another pinnacle of  success. Press the bar and get a pellet, fellow shopper. Otherwise: THE ELECTRIC SHOCK!

Things are Heating Up

Make sure you check the CDC weekly influenza outbreak map! It will elevate your panic level by several shades of crimson. Here in Miami-Dade County, my research has turned up one suspicious case, but the health department has determined that the area is riddled with victims.

Now the flu detectives are telling us this new virus is a genetic nightmare. It's a combination of swine, human, and avian flu genes. A perfect complement of genetic machinery to mutate into the virus that vaults us into Level 6 WHO Pandemic status. Where do we go from there? They are going to be FORCED TO ADD LEVELS! Ours go up to eleven....

Stay tuned panic lovers, things are ratcheting-up and my countdown date may soon need readjustment.

After my decon gear arrives, I'll attend to sprucing up this blog with some scary visuals, like animated infection maps that encroach slowly yet relentlessly toward your IP address.