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The only area in Mexico that appeared to be unaffected by the swine flu epidemic was the Yucatan Peninsula.

Was.

The local news is reporting (with a massive tip o' the cap to Laidback Al, poster of Flutrackers.com (is that like Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. or Bob, Agent of Hydra for you Deadpool fans?), who posted the story this morning.

At first, the local authorities said they had no suspected cases of swine flu. But when the press mentioned the French tourist by name -- well, denial gets a bit tougher.

Here is the story, from Diario de Yucatan. translation by Laidback Al's computer.

Denying a suspected case of influenza in Valladolid
26/Apr/09

VALLADOLID .- Although an attempt was made to deny officially confirmed yesterday that a French tourist with symptoms of influenza remains hospitalized in the hospital of this city.

Gustavo Lastra Diaz, director of the hospital in Valladolid, denied in principle that the alien was in the hospital.

No, no, no, "said the official in question by a reporter for the Journal.

However, when mentioning the name of the French tourists changed their version and confirmed that is hospitalized.

-Tomorrow (today), and with laboratory tests, will release official said Lastra Diaz.

The French were in Chichén Itzá after staying with a fellow group of several days in Mexico City.

The biggest concern many public health and homeland security fear is that all those Spring Breakers went down to Cancun, or Acapulco, and got more than a hangover. Many of us were breathing easier when we noticed there were no cases coming out of Yucatan.

But this disclosure, especially with the disclosure that such a popular tourist destination as the Mayan ruins of Chichén Itzá might be impacted, is especially troubling.