Oconomowoc Swine Flu Rumors Hitting Social Networks
Some recent postings on Facebook have identified the Oconomowoc person alleged to have contracted the Swine Flu, and, tangentially, caused the closings at the Oconomowoc School District and and Pabst Farms YMCA.
Ocono.com has decided the public’s need to know about this information outweighs the privacy issues involved. We post this with the following caveats:
1. Just because it’s on Facebook, doesn’t mean it’s true.
2. We’re not going to name the person with the suspected flu. We don’t feel that someone’s alleged medical condition is any business of the public. However, we do believe that the YMCA has an obligation to respond to this rumor. We’ll keep you posted.
3. We also want to emphasize that this screen cap is not a person from our own Facebook friends list. We managed to cajole a friend of a friend to grab us this screen shot. We’ve already deleted the source file, so don’t ask. We’re not going to tell you.
4. Swine Flu has a scary, scary name. Here’s an article from Reuters that we think offers some thoughtful perspective.
May 1st, 2009 at 2:24 pm
5. And/or/maybe not only did you scope Lake Country Publications, but the Oconomowoc Enterprise as well.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:56 am
Live a town away from Oconomowoc,Wi. The high school has been closed due to possible swine flu. Milwaukee,Wi. has swine flu cases. Why are they not adding these places to where it is?