Health Map

Last night, the phone rang at 9:22 pm. I quickly glanced at the caller ID. Hmmm. Why is the Seattle School district calling us at this time of night? Apparently the swine flu has come to Seattle and the school district thought we should know. Those messages are helpful if you're a parent, but they don't tell much about the rest of the world. Health Map is a really wonderful, user-friendly, resource for following the epidemic. When you get to Health Map , choose Select None to clear the map. Then select Swine Flu. You'll see a Google map with markers representing reports. The colors show…