# 1809
There are some days when there are so many good blogs to read, that it is hard to keep track. Today is one of those days. So, a brief tour of who I'm reading today.
If these guys aren't on your daily list to check out, they should be.
First stop, Maryn McKenna's Blog Superbug where she has two eye opening essays.
Today's blog is about the finding that 9% of raw pork tested in Canada contained traces of MRSA, and how that might pose a danger of colonization to people handling the raw meat.
The second blog, from yesterday, revolves around a pair of housecats that were found to be hosts for the bacillus that causes Diphtheria. Once again, we have a disease crossing a species barrier and adapting to a new host, which is always worrisome.
As a cat lover, this makes me yearn for the good old days when all we had to worry about catching from cats was bartonella and toxoplasmosis. Sigh.
Second stop is SophiaZoe's take on the HHS exercise held earlier this week, where she delves into the role that Flublogia plays in the dissemination of vital pandemic information, now, and later in a crisis.
Third Stop is Effect Measure, where the Revere's take on the less than optimal way a Toronto hospital tried to deny the rumor that they had two bird flu patients in isolation.
Fourth on the list, is a cautionary article by Scott McPherson, who has forgotten more about IT (Information Technology) than I ever knew, and is still considered to be tops in his field.
In The ampersand that ate San Francisco; or, Why telecommuting will probably fail during a pandemic, Vol. 3, Scott explains why the net may not be as resilient as its designers envisioned, particularly during a pandemic.
This is the third in a series, the first two parts are here and here.
And finally, no excursion across Flublogia would be complete without stopping at Crof's blog. Crof has been doing this longer than any of us, and undeniably has a nose for news.
That's why I hit his site at least 10 times a day.
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