There is a mysterious respiratory illness’ wending its way through Southeast Asia. No one is quite yet sure what it is, but there is speculation that this is a new, deadly strain of influenza. It’s touched Hong Kong, China’s Guangdong province, Singapore, and Hanoi that last city is not only sensitive for me because of my heritage, but also because my girlfriend, currently backpacking through the region, just left that city less than a week ago.
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