this is the latest scare hitting mehhico and southern USA... keep an eye on this story gathering steam... shut the borders!! shit the borders!!
*DJ US Official 'Very Concerned' About Swine Flu Outbreak
Mexico shuts schools around capital in flu scare that killed around 20 peoplein recent weeks.
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE53N11B20090424
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Canada+alert+after+respiratory+illnesses+reported+Mexico/1523180/story.html
http://www.baytoday.ca/content/news/details.asp?c=31073
April 23, 2009 - New Swine Flu Has Sickened 7 Americans.CDC has confirmed seven human cases of swine flu this week - five inCalifornia and two in Texas - with more cases likely to emerge. None ofthe infected individuals, who range in age from 9 to 54, have had directcontact with pigs. That suggests human-to-human transmission, but theswine flu source remains unknown, according to Anne Schuchat, M.D.,Director, CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.The new virus called A H1N1 has a unique combination of genes neverbefore seen in pigs or humans. This new swine flu is not lethal like theH1N5 bird flu and is not expected to be the next pandemic flu thatcycles around every twenty years or so. But medical doctors such as JaySteinberg, M. D., Infection Diseases, Emory University Hospital inAtlanta, Georgia, warns: "I can say with 100% confidence that a pandemicof a new flu strain will spread in humans. What I can't say is when itwill occur."
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I'm sure I will catch it...Fun!!!
ReplyDeleteOh no. And just when I had convinced myself to stop worrying about stuff.
ReplyDeleteif it were a quick enough and certain enough death, i'd go straight to mexico and kiss every pig i could find.
ReplyDeletehey... mary k-n... don't be coming round here all glum; if you're over 80, it's ok though but in the mean time there's all sorts of shit to do and see
ReplyDeleteIt's not just swine, they found traces of I believe an avian flu in there too, it's a mutant flu that's never been seen. Shutting the borders makes perfect sense, there's no need to just open up the border to allow a disease like this to spread before a vaccine is ready. It screws a friend of mine, he's from Mexico and is flying there this weekend for a wedding, and he's quite nervous about going. But, he's educated and has access to medical care should something happen. As usual, the people dying are the very old, very young, or very sick.
ReplyDeleteMy boss tried to shake my hand today, and I refused. Am I overreacting?
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