Time Capsule / The swine flu

Health - The Swine Flu

''What was going on in May this year?''

A young girl wears a face mask to protect herself from swine flu, at Los Angeles International Airport on May 01, 2009

Pig farm owner Nguyen Ngoc Thuc checks an one-day-old pig in his farm in Tan Lap Village in Hanoi, Vietnam, Wednesday, May 6, 2009. According to the owner, his farm makes extra effort to prevent the possible spread of swine flu, for example increasing disinfections, though Vietnam is currently free from the flu.

A worker holds up a face mask at a hospital equipment factory in Cornella de Llobregat, near Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, April 30, 2009. Face mask sales for the company increased from 250,000 units to 1 million units per week due to the swine flu scare.