As Texas takes steps to slow the spread of swine flu (no high school sports until May 11th and some school closings), and a death has been reported in Houston, here’s an interesting fact. Ed was at the big pig farm that has been mentioned in the press as a potential source for the flu, just a few weeks ago. He told me at the time it was unbelievably clean and well-run, very impressive. He met some of the people who have turned up in news stories about it, and saw the vaccination operations. He highly doubts this farm is the source. He thinks that the decision to locate the farm where it is (rather than in the nearby village where the residents are blaming the farm, allegedly due to cash demands by that village) are behind the allegations. It will be interesting to see what investigators find. Oh, and Ed got a cool shirt at the farm with a pig on it, which he has been wearing this week.