So long as you’re out stocking up on masks, alcohol hand cleaner, hazmat suits, ammunition and firearms for the apocalyptic swine flu pandemic to come, might as well get your mobile phone loaded up as well. By texting PIGFLU to 41411, and you’ll get pinged one to three times daily regarding CDC/WHO updates, information about new outbreaks, and other information from health authorities. It’s a free service, outside of your normal SMS charges, so go ahead and sign up if you’re the type who can’t get a moment of work done without knowing whether or not you should be heading to your hermetically sealed shelter back home.
[via CellPhones.org]