# 3057
Blogging during an event such as the one we are now facing is a marathon, not a sprint. We are very lucky to have a group of serious-minded, informed, and dedicated bloggers who can provide nearly 24 hour a day coverage.
That’s important because in a crisis we are looking at a marathon, not a sprint.
Last night, after blogging nearly continuously for 40 hours, I took a much needed break with the knowledge that Flublogia was in good hands.
Some of those hands included:
Crof over at Crofsblog has done - and continues to do - a masterful job of covering the events in Mexico.
His language skills, and personal knowledge of Mexico, give him a unique ability to analyze what is going on there.
Many of us who blog about influenza, pandemics, and such consider Crof to be the dean of flu bloggers. He has been doing it longer, and better, than just about any of us.
If you don’t know Crof’s work, its high time you check his blog out.
The Revere’s over at Effect Measure are public health officials, and quite obviously they know their business. Much of what I know about the science of epidemiology and virology I have learned from their online discussions.
Whether you agree with their politics or not, when it comes to blogging about epidemiology and the science of influenza, the Revere’s are the `go to’ gang of choice.
While Effect Measure usually focuses on a far more eclectic field of subjects than just influenza, since the Swine Flu outbreak began they’ve been updating the situation several times a day.
Highly recommended.
SophiaZoe at a Pandemic Chronicle is both a dear friend and a colleague. As Crof has pointed out, She doesn't suffer fools and columnists gladly, and I suspect has the heads of several mounted on the wall of her den.
A former cop, married to a retired cop, and the mother of an active LEO (that’s Law Enforcement Officer), SZ offers a unique and thoughtful perspective to Flublogia.
Scott McPherson, who is the CIO (Chief Information Officer) for the Florida House of Representatives, knows just about all of the major players (political and scientific) in the flu world.
Scott is an astute observer with an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the history of influenza, and he knows his ways around the hallways of both Tallahassee and Washington D.C.
That’s a pretty impressive resume.
Add to that a devastatingly wicked sense of humor, and you have a blog that is both fun, and important to read.
And to this list we can add DemFromCt on the Daily Kos, who in addition to being a blogger, is also a physician.
Absent right now, but not forgotten are Joel at Preparedness and Response, and Maryn McKenna at Superbug. Joel is traveling right now and dealing with family matter, and Maryn is fighting a deadline on her upcoming book on MRSA.
Watch my sidebar for their return.
There are others of course, and there are many who work hard in the background, particularly on the flu forums and new media like Twitter.
Entities on Twitter like CDCEmergency, BirdFluGov, AndrewPWilson and AIDigest along with newshounds like KobieT and Flutrackers are providing an almost continual feed of breaking news.
They aren’t alone in this of course, but are representative of this growing media.
Newshounds and Moderators at flu forums like Flu Wiki and FluTrackers are unsung heroes who keep the information and discussions flowing.
For the newshounds, it is a never-ending job of finding, translating, and posting information gleaned often from obscure foreign language news sources. These volunteers work around the world and around the clock.
You’ll see `hat tips’ to them in this blog, and others, as recognition for the work they do. We bloggers couldn’t do what we do without them, and we know it.
For a more complete list of flu forums and resources, check my sidebar.
How I’ve managed to fall into the midst of this terrific group of people is beyond me. Believe me, I don’t mind playing second fiddle to any of them.
I’m just grateful to be in the band.
