VERACRUZ, Mexico — A Mexican sculptor is putting the finishing touches on a bronze statue of a 5-year-old boy who became Mexico’s earliest confirmed case of swine flu.
Veracruz state spokesman Jorge Brandy says the statue of Edgar Hernandez will be erected in the central park of La Gloria, a pig-farming village in the mountains where scientists trying to learn where the epidemic began are taking blood samples from residents and pigs.
Brandy says the statue of Hernandez, who recovered from the illness after taking antibiotics, is meant to serve as a symbol of hope.
The outbreak has killed more than 90 people worldwide but Mexican health officials say a nationwide shutdown of businesses and schools has helped Mexico to control its spread.
Let me say first. I understand the pig flu caused a lot more problems in Mexico than it did here. But we all jumped the gun in calling it this Earth shattering pandemic when, in actuality, it was about as terrible as monkey pox or SARS.
I just find it ironic that at time when Mexico is wrought with problems over drug smuggling, murder and corruption that they chose a boy who took antibiotics and got well as their symbol of national hope. Why not a statue of military taking down drug lords? On the bright side it will probably secure that kid a sleu of women for the rest of his life.
P.S. - That's not the real statue. I just needed a picture.
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