Unlike Mexico City and its virulent position on crowds due to piglet pox, New York City was extra crowded yesterday because of 90-degree weather and sunshine.

Although a deadly strain of swine flu was just a borough Northeast in Queens, NYC-ers didn’t mind laying out the blankets, taking an extra stroll around the park, or eating their lunch next to a sweaty sunbather. I even received my first “Elbow Bump” ever yesterday when a friend sneezed into his hand just before departing from my presence, proving to me that everyone’s cautious these days, but still enjoying the sunshine.

And then I realized Mexico needs some of that: Narcos, Interior Ministers killed in plane crashes, a slumping economy, tourism depletion and now swine flu, and without any ray of sunshine to note. When will Chilangos relish in their lovely parks and thoroughfares again? Very soon, I hope.

Previously: News: Flying To NYC: Why Take My Hand Sanitizer Away?: Mexico City Airport Is Lax Over Swine Flu…

Swine Flu: Life Inside Mexico City [via BBC]

 

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