Short answer: Not actually that gay.
Long answer: Read on.
Facebook only allows you to view the past 7 days, so here’s the Google Trends graph for “swine flu” as a search term to keep in mind while looking at the data; the red line is where data collection begins:

How I did this gaynalysis
Using facebook’s friend filter, [...]

DON’T YOU KNOW EVERYONE IN AMERICA DIED FROM PIG FLU YESTERDAY.
You are being insensitive.

Could the following things be connected!?

Bea Arthur’s death
PTSD-inducing low-flying jumbo jets in Manhattan
Swine flu outbreak

My Catholic upbringing has always taught me that bad things come in threes.
I suspect this as the common link.