There’s a very good reason why we call Internet memes and themes “viral.” Good and bad information spreads on the Web in much the same way those nasty bundles of nucleic acid and proteins do when they attack your body’s cells and make you sick. Some of the Internet news items I’ve seen related to the H1N1 swine flu virus are making me feel a little ill. I see nothing public service-related about the page view bait that has popped up since H1N1 started taking priority in newsrooms around the world.