This AP wire report picked up by MSNBC notes that the flu beleaguered residents of Mexico are interacting more and more on a virtual level in order to maintain a healthy physical distance from each other:
Churchgoers celebrate Mass via television. Congressional candidates campaign with real-time speeches on the Web. A magazine promises Internet tours through the real Mexico — the one with open museums and pyramids. And rock bands plan online concerts. Swine flu is creating a virtual Mexico. With school canceled nationwide and many parents forbidding their kids to party, teenagers are logging a lot more time chatting on Facebook, Twittering and downloading music and movies from the Internet. So are many adults, especially after most business and government offices in Mexico City shut down Friday for five days.
Is Mexico on the right track? Should governments everywhere encourage citizens to engage in virtual interaction, distance learning, and telecommuting to avoid the flu? Can Twitter save your life? Viva la Revolución!
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