Swine Flu

Although the news from Mexico is very serious, and my thoughts go out to all those involved and I wish them a speedy recovery, I don’t think it’s panic stations as far as the possibility of a more serious global pandemic goes. If the local and international media is to be believed, and although the conspiracist in me keeps saying that in the event of a true burgeoning pandemic they probably would come under some form of governmental control, it seems that the cases of swine flu that have been detected outside of Mexico have more mild symptoms and that perhaps the cases in Mexico are the combination of more than one virus which isn’t occuring in the international cases. That being said, it’s still very early days and authorities vigilance seems very wise.

As far as British Airways is concerned, a more serious crisis could obviously decimate the company’s business globally, but i’m not going to sell into what seems like an overreaction currently, so will keep my long trade for now and monitor events.