"In Mexico everything is closed, everything is empty, life has changed in a couple of days," says Spanish website 20minutos (which also notes that the people "wear masks like ninjas" and the country "seems like a Danny Boyle movie"). As the federal government shuts down all nonessential services, it is at least heartening to know that the nation's musical artists are using the flu as inspiration for ballads like the one above. You can find more here. BTW, my Spanish is awful, so if there's something racist here that I'm missing, lo siento.

Balk's Cock,
Isn't it true that the plastic tube in a certain highly publicized (but still unseen) video was neither plastic nor a tube?
Oh come on. Mexico has always seemed like a Danny Boyle movie. It's just which Danny Boyle movie that keeps changing.
Huh! That sounds just like mumbling in English.
Jaqcues Brel is alive and well and living in Mexico.