Pointless immortality

A companion piece celebrates his successful potty training.

If you're interested in the truly pointless, we present this statue of Edgar Hernandez of La Gloria, Velacruz, Mexico; a five-year old boy who in 2009 was the first person to contract swine flu.  Mind you, young Edgar got over it and  is alive and kicking today.  Meanwhile, the swine flu, though it has killed 14,000 people worldwide after several years, pales into insignificance compared to ordinary influenza that kills 36,000 people a year in the United States alone.  With such little details added to the story, one suspects that the artist Bernardo Luis Lopez Artasanchez jumped the gun a bit by immortalising what was essentially a non-event.

Next up:  I create a giant fresco to commemorate the discovery that Carl the Cattle Dog is allergic to fleas.

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