Yes, the entire world seems to be freaking out about swine flu, but closer to home, our photographer caught some hunky men making the best of the situation. Alex Wenderoff shows how to stay healthy and fashionable with a thinning red-striped shirt and surgical mask, while Brian Cowan used checkerboard pants, an alient T-shirt and a Michael Jackson–esque glove to dare a virus to get near him. Josh Lubin Levy remains under the influenza with hipster jeans and a plaid shirt.
“[The media] tend to create [these] epidemics, but they never become anything.”
Josh Lubin-Levy
Josh Lubin-Levy
The Brooklyn Paper / Kate Emerson
“I’m not very worried, but I did move away from a lady who was coughing in the subway, just to be safe!”
Aaron Taylor-Waldman
Aaron Taylor-Waldman
The Brooklyn Paper / Kate Emerson
“I’m not worried in the slightest. I don’t think 150 cases worldwide are cause to get excited about an epidemic.”
Alex Wenderoff
Alex Wenderoff
The Brooklyn Paper / Kate Emerson
“People at school are making jokes about it, and they gave us a paper about it this morning.”
Brian Cowan, student, Science Skill Center
Brian Cowan, student, Science Skill Center
The Brooklyn Paper / Kate Emerson
