As the wave rolls on H1N1

FRONT PAGE: "Swine-Flu Wave Poses Threat To Hospital ICUs, Studies Warn," by Betsy McKay, Wall Street Journal, 13 October 2009.

Per my recent Esquire column calculations. The driver is kids and teenagers with underlying conditions that trigger a need for ventilation.

We held our breath with daughter Em's swine-flu, because of her cancer past (radiation to lungs) and asthma present (fear of pneumonia trigger), but she came through swimmingly, singing a solo last Saturday at her HS's fall morning show (an Evanescence standard for you Amy Lee fans out there).

So far H1N1 is widespread in 37 states and will build to a second wave across the winter.

As mentioned before, four of my six family members have already processed it (me and three of four kids).