Mulli of the MidWest

Unexpected Jobless Claims

It has come to the attention of my exceedingly large Mulli-Brain that there are more casualties due to this new "disease du jour," of Swine Flu. In most recent years West Nile Virus, Mad Cow Disease, and Bird Flu captured the attention of Mass Media Hysteria as the "Diseases du jours."

With the new focus on Swine, what about all those Mad Cows, Birds, and Mosquitoes, the carriers of those Once Popular Diseases? There is simply no work for them to do. All the attention and effort is on the Pig and the Mad Cows and Birds are finding themselves without jobs. The Mosquitoes always have Malaria to fall back on and the West Nile Mosquitoes have simply joined ranks with the Malaria Mosquitoes.

That leaves the Mad Cows and the Birds. They are out of jobs and NOT able to file Jobless Claims. No. If they go stand in line at the Unemployment Office, no doubt one of the Human Jobless Persons will eye that Cow or Bird and think: Steaks and Chicken for Dinner tonight. Same thing at the Soup Kitchen. A Jobless, Hungry, Cow or Chicken dare not go to a Soup Kitchen for the certainty that tomorrow's menu will be Beef Stew and Chicken Soup. Even the Old Standby Jobs of the Cow, e-coli, and the Birds, Salmonella, are being effected by this Swine Flu Epidemic. All the Hand-Washing and Surface Disinfecting going on to destroy Swine Flu is decreasing e-coli and Salmonella jobs as well.

This Swine Flu Epidemic must get under control to bring some Equity back to the Animal-Associated Illnesses. It is quite unfair of the Swine to capture all the media attention and leave the other animals to go hungry.

For Dogs sake I hope the Cows and Birds don't decide to try to take jobs away from Dogs! It was hard enough for Mom to sleep with Me, Pennie, and Dad, in the Concrete Queen; imagine making room for a full grown Steer. And think of all the Poop if the Birds try to hone in Dog Territory. How many little Poop Bags would be needed each day to clean up after a bird!