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Jens Lekman Caught Swine Flu

12:41 p.m. · June 30, 2009 · by Andrew Winistorfer

With all the deaths (and fake internet rumor deaths) floating around recently, and the economy still sucking, it's hard to remember that we're still in the midst of a swine flu outbreak, and that people are still catching it all over the world. People like Swedish pop singer Jens Lekman, who recently caught the H1N1 virus in South America. Lekman posted the entire story on his blog recently:

I picked home one last souvenir from South America, it's called the H1N1 virus. Wrongfully known as the Swineflue.

 

I was crossing the Atlantic when things started getting really bad, the fever was hallucinogenic and shaking me like a leaf and I grabbed the sleeve of the Air France steward. "I'm not feeling well, I should see a doctor" I said and the reply came as a brilliant mix of death anxiety and french rudeness: "Uh, yes... Terminal D... go there maybe... when we land". After that the stewards and stewardesses took long detours. A ring of empty seats formed around me. Peoples eyes were kind but determined, they read "Poor you, I really wish you all the best but if you come near me or my kid I will have to stab you with this plastic fork". I got up and went to the bathroom where I fainted.

 

Now I'm in quarantine for ten days. I can see the summer through my window and it's just perfect. Summer is always best through a window.

It seems Lekman has a sense of humor about the whole thing. Swine flu is not as serious as it was made out to be at first, all you really need is a lot of fluids and rest. Lekman has just a handful of dates in coming months, so it seems like he should have no problem getting that. [via Stereogum]