Cloudy in Beijing Blogging about my time in China

Coincidence

Crap. I think I’m a little sick.

My throat started to feel scratchy yesterday. I didn’t think about it too much; maybe I inhaled some dust while exploring the campus.

Well, my throat is quite sore now, and I’m coughing. The bottles of Purell I brought unfortunately couldn’t protect me.

I can’t help but notice the coincidence that I get sick when China is taking such strong measures to prevent swine flu from entering the country. Yesterday I received a call from the school, with a woman asking about my health.

“Have you had any flu-like symptoms, such as fever or headaches, recently?” the woman asked.

“No,” I said in a knee-jerk response.

“Okay. Rather than calling you everyday for the next week, please call us if you have any problems with your health.”

I turned off my cell phone, thinking my answer wasn’t totally accurate. But the last thing I want is to be quarantined.

I hope my current ailment is only a sore throat and nothing more. It doesn’t quite help though that I have to go the local health center tomorrow to verify if I need another medical check. Maybe I’ll just have to postpone that for another day. Or maybe, I’ll just end up calling the school after all. Sigh.