Methinks I'm getting through to them...

Yesterday saw an e-mail relating that a second of my 11 students was officially diagnosed* with influenza A/H1N1. However, given that both cases happened after my flu lecture, wherein I detailed the differences between seasonal flus and a dangerous pandemic, my students' responses were fairly measured, with a general tone of "Aww, nuts, this is gonna hurt" as opposed to the general popular media-based response of "OMGZ gonna dieeeeeeeeee!"

* I have a suspicion that three more of my students also had it, but they never e-mailed me about it. *shrug*