The Anchorage Daily News has reported that Royal Caribbean cruise ship “Serenade of the Seas” has a crew member infected with H1N1 (Swine Flu). The crew member became sick on May 2nd. According to the 2009 cruise ship docking calendar the Serenade arrived in Juneau on May 8th after leaving Ketchikan on the 7th. She continued on to Skagway on the 9th, Petersburg on the 10th, and then moves on to Sitka (12th), Prince Rupert (13th), and Vancouver on the 16th.

For more information about the geography of H1N1, try this flu-tracker map.

Laurie Garrett gives a detailed look at the state of healthcare and community response to potential pandemic. This video is from Feb 2007 and focuses most on the Avian flu but is quite pertinent. Her primary bottom line is that defenses should be arranged at the community not individual level.