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If you're going to eventually catch swine flu anyway, you might as well perform a little volunteer work in the process. Earlier today, Mayor Bloomberg announced a "Flu Fighters" program, which will recruit 800 volunteers to help the city spread the word about getting vaccinated for both swine flu and seasonal flu. Among other things, volunteers will be asked to help "manage the flow of people in and out of weekend vaccination centers that will be set up around the city." This will bring you into contact with thousands of totally random (and possibly infected) New Yorkers, and you'lll ost likely fall ill a few days later. But the city will thank you for your service. And at least you can now coordinate your H1N1 infection around your busy schedule, which isn't such a bad thing. [NYC.gov, AP]