JULIA: 1, LIV KRISTINE: 0

By this point, if you don’t know about swine flu you’re probably about to die from it. I’m sure we’ve all known someone who’s had it (or if not, it was probably YOU. Get outta here). I went ahead and got the H1N1 vaccine the last time I was at the doctors and really didn’t think much of it. For those of you afraid of needles, it was probably the easiest shot I’ve ever had, my arm wasn’t sore or red or anything afterwards. Too bad Liv Kristine didn’t have the same luck…

In a recent statement from Leaves’ Eyes:

“It was the vocal chord disease of Liv which caused some turbulence at the beginning of the tour. After a preventative vaccination against swine flu, she got a sore throat and an infection of her vocal chords as a side-effect. In Luxemburg, Liv had to go to the emergency of the local hospital in order to get a treatment with cortisone and an advice to not continuing the tour. Nevertheless, it was decided to continue the tour without cancelling any of the shows. With Atrocity, Sandra Schleret from Elis stepped into the breach for Liv, and she sang all night the Werk 80 duets together with Alex.”

I’m sorry, but that is just too easy for me to make fun of, so I’ll stop here. Too bad that even when you can’t talk you can still type.

-Julia