For some the flu outbreak is a minor inconvenience for others it's a major health risk. This week in The State We're In we hear different stories on the impact of Swine Flu, known in the Netherlands as Mexican Flu, we hear about how people have been dealing with it and how others have been treating them once they were infected.
Sarah Vines of London caught the H1N1 virus. She tells us about the disease, and the affect it had on her relationships.
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Kim Hohenadel is a registered nurse in the US state of Virginia. She explains why she hopes she catches the disease – in spite of the traumatic cases she’s experienced in her work.
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Also in The State We're In this week - we ask if there’s a right to complain and if protest is the lubricant of democracy, meet a man who exercises his right to kvetch and hear from Israeli singer-songwriter Aviv Geffen, who was standing next to Yizhak Rabin when he was assassinated.
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