One flu over the Cuckoo's Nest

Man, it's getting strange over here. Not only that people are running around with face masks (no kidding! but actually it's mostly the asian people) because of the widespread flu. No..now it's the horses to. Yep. Again, no kidding. The flu somehow hit some stables where a lot of very important and very expensive racing horses are placed. And the horse races are only a week away...so they are now under quarantine and everyone is fearing that the races must be abandoned and that a helluva money will go down the drain...that's THE topic in the news at the moment...really strange that this hightech community can't do anything against a common desease like the flu...