Rash tweets spread fears and fallacies about swine flu

Should you ignore Twitter? Not necessarily, just make sure you keep a few important things in mind.

I was feeling fine Monday, until I checked Twitter.

At any time! Any. Time.

Suddenly, I have a wheeze in my chest. And I’m hot—very hot—like fever of 103 degrees hot. And, wait a second, do I smell bacon?

I’m disrupted from my symptom check. It’s one of the heavily accented guys installing new windows in my apartment. He seems foreign. Does he have swine flu? I eye him cautiously. Foreigners, I read, are spreading this deadly illness.

Wait a second. The window installer is speaking Polish. Oh, dear God, he’s speaking Polish.

Please, someone help me. Where can I turn for help?