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Title: URGENT! - Fatal new flu strain threatens Mexico, U.S., OUTBREAK - NO PLANS TO CLOSE BORDER!!
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Reuters
URL Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE53N22820090425
Published: Apr 25, 2009
Author: Catherine Bremer
Post Date: 2009-04-25 10:53:57 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
Keywords: H1N1, H5N1, MEXICO, FLU
Views: 1001
Comments: 35
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican and U.S. health officials searched on Saturday for signs an outbreak of a new flu strain is spreading further, after it killed up to 68 people in Mexico and infected eight in the United States. As Mexico shut schools and museums and axed public events, global health officials stopped short of declaring a pandemic. But they warned more cases could come to light, making up a major outbreak, as the flu spreads between people and infected some individuals who had no contact with one another. The World Health Organization said the virus from 12 of the Mexican patients was the same genetically as a new strain of swine flu, designated H1N1, seen in eight people in California and Texas who later recovered. The Mexican government said the flu had killed 20 people and it may also be responsible for 48 other deaths. In all, 1,004 suspected cases have been reported nationwide. Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova, speaking on the evening television news, encouraged people to avoid crowds and wear face masks, noting there was no guarantee that going to get a flu vaccine would help against the new strain. He said the death rate appeared to have steadied and hospitals in the past few days had not seen the exponential rise in the number of people infected that many had feared. Genetic analysis shows the flu strain is a never-before-seen mixture of swine, human and avian viruses. The fact most of the dead were aged between 25 and 45 was seen as a worrying sign linked to pandemics, as seasonal flu tends to be more deadly among the elderly and the very young. "We realize the seriousness of this problem," Mexican President Felipe Calderon told health officials on Friday. MORE CASES COULD EMERGE In California, Dr. Gil Chavez, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases at the California Department of Public Health and the state's chief epidemiologist, said many more cases could come to light as patients are tested. "The more we look the more we are likely to find," he said. In New York City, health officials were investigating what had sickened scores of students who fell ill with flu-like symptoms in a Queens high school on Thursday and Friday. The symptoms were reported as mild and a city health official said he could not speculate about which flu strain was responsible. The U.S. government said it was taking the situation seriously and monitoring for any new developments. As far away as Hong Kong -- the epicenter of the 2003 SARS epidemic and especially vigilant to any threat of infectious disease -- the government's Center for Health Protection said it was closely monitoring investigations in the United States and would analyze flu samples in the territory. Cordova said Mexico had 1 million doses of antiviral medicine, easily enough to treat the cases reported so far. In Mexico City, a crowded metropolis of 20 million people, soldiers handed out surgical masks and the government warned people to avoid close physical contact and sharing food. Finnish rock band The Rasmus canceled a Mexico City concert and the Mexican Football Federation said two weekend soccer matches would be played with no spectators present as a precaution. DVD rental stores said customers poured in to rent movies on Friday night so they could huddle inside for the weekend. The last flu pandemic was in 1968 when "Hong Kong" flu killed about a million people globally.
Deadly flu strain threatens Mexico and U.S.
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#1. To: FormerLurker, Deasy, Jethro Tull, Atrisan, dakmar, bush_is_a_moonie, Rotara, noone222, Prefrontal Vortex, sam houston, IndieTX, LACUMO, lucysmom, wbales, esso, Itistoolate, lodwick, Old Friend, PSUSA, christine, esso, mininggold, litus, TwentyTwelve (#0)
This needs to be watched closely. Diseases like this can spread so much faster than the 1918 flu did. And add the economy on top of it, and various "troublesome groups" and this is a recipe for disaster. .
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Congress wouldn't close the borders if Attila the Hun was massing in Mexico against us.
this is the beginning of some wicked shit being cooked up for us. It isn't like we haven't been warned. Get your masks, scrubs, booties, etc so you can give care for family members.
I think this is being overblown. That in itself is interesting. Certain parties want us to quake with fear.
Well they did lock down Mexico City, and I feel certain they will lock down an American city at the drop of a hat, so that part is real.
It could happen, yes. The best way to contain the flu is to reduce face to face interaction. Stay home is the best advice. So that could be mandated if things do get worse here. I'm just not convinced that what we're seeing is a lot worse than past epidemics. According to one CNN article I just read, this happens about every 20 years.
=========================================== 20 years ago we had a viable border and 20 million fewer illegal aliens living here.
Internationalists will just depict that as a new humanitarian mission for Uncle Sam. In a way it is, now that we've got a denser, more mobile population. Of course it'll cost us. And our civil rights will be hampered. All for a good cause, you see.
The real epidemic comes to the surface: internationalism.
This is no longer a sovereign nation. We couldn't close the borders if we wanted to.
You've isolated the disease.
Mixed in a petri dish no doubt by a government spook.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition TheStateInc left the border OPEN during 9-11 as well when we were alledgedly "under attack." It's..well..it's almost like they KNEW that we were NOT under attack, as was Chimp's reaction when reading My Pet Goat. It may be real, but it has "man-made" and false flag written all over it.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Ain't that the truth! They would roll out the red carpet for him and his troops.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Reading it? Nah, just looking at the pictures.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/napolitano-closing-border-not-the-answer-to-flu-2009-04-27.html
Reading it? Nah, just looking at the pictures. lmao!
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition thanks. emailed link to family members.
thanks for the ping. What are your thoughts about this flu, Happy?
I would say that if there is any component of monkey flu in it Obama's old lady is in trouble.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. fofl!! Ahem....pardon my laugh, that's so not PC. : )
I feel sick......
Believe it or not, I have been told before that I was not politically correct. Can you imagine, a sensitive guy like me and someone saying such things about me?
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. yes. Gracie on a Saturday night. lolol!!
You mean ol' buckeroo? What is funny is that the last time he posted to me he pinged Christine to it as if she didn't know who he really was. Way too funny.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. At least it may provide some entertainment on what might be an otherwise boring Saturday night for christine. His schtick reminds me of "Name That Tune". How many "seconds" did it take you, James, to figure him out?
I named that tune in less than four notes. ahaha.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. haa! Good yob. : )
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#2. To: FormerLurker, Deasy, Jethro Tull, Atrisan, dakmar, bush_is_a_moonie, Rotara, noone222, Prefrontal Vortex, sam houston, IndieTX, LACUMO, lucysmom, wbales, esso, Itistoolate, lodwick, Old Friend, PSUSA, christine, esso, mininggold, litus, TwentyTwelve (#1)
Imagine -- it's amazing. The schools in Mexico are closed but the lines coming over are longer than ever, they can come over to schools here like nothing is happening. Calderon cancels a scheduled stop to Juarez but the people of Juarez are coming over here by the thousands like always.
Department of Emergency Operations Applications team members (L-R) Kenneth Fields, Appollo Hy, Mickey Williams and Robert Bohn are seen in the Centers for Disease Control Emergency Operations Center as they monitor the swine flu outbreak from the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia April 24, 2009.
#3. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)
You'll be locked down in uhhhhhmurrrrriKaaaaa soon enough !
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams 
#4. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#2)
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#5. To: Rotara, HAPPY2BME-4UM (#3)
#6. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#2)
#7. To: Jethro Tull (#6)
#8. To: Deasy (#7)
#9. To: Rotara, psusa, rotara, christine (#3)
#10. To: Deasy, Jethro Tull, Atrisan, dakmar, bush_is_a_moonie, Rotara, noone222, Prefrontal Vortex, sam houston, IndieTX, LACUMO, lucysmom, wbales, esso, Itistoolate, lodwick, Old Friend, PSUSA, christine, esso, mininggold, litus, TwentyTwelve (#0)
#11. To: Jethro Tull (#8)
#12. To: Deasy, Jethro Tull (#11)
According to one CNN article I just read, this happens about every 20 years.
#13. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#12)
#14. To: Deasy, Jethro Tull (#13)
#15. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#14)
#16. To: Deasy (#15)
#17. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#16)
#18. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM, ALL (#0)
Genetic analysis shows the flu strain is a never-before-seen mixture of swine, human and avian viruses.
#19. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM, ALL (#2)
The schools in Mexico are closed but the lines coming over are longer than ever
#20. To: IndieTX. everyone (#19)
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#21. To: Deasy (#5)
Congress wouldn't close the borders if Attila the Hun was massing in Mexico against us.
Lord Acton
#22. To: IndieTX (#19)
It's..well..it's almost like they KNEW that we were NOT under attack, as was Chimp's reaction when reading My Pet Goat.
Lord Acton
#23. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#2)
Napolitano: Closing border not the answer to flu
#24. To: James Deffenbach (#22)
Chimp's reaction when reading My Pet Goat.
#25. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#1)
#26. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#10)
#27. To: litus (#26)
Lord Acton
#28. To: James Deffenbach (#27)
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#29. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)
URGENT! - Fatal new flu strain threatens Mexico, U.S., OUTBREAK - NO PLANS TO CLOSE BORDER!!
#30. To: litus (#28)
that's so not PC.
Lord Acton
#31. To: James Deffenbach (#30)
Can you imagine, a sensitive guy like me and someone saying such things about me?
#32. To: litus, buckeroo, christine (#31)
Lord Acton
#33. To: James Deffenbach, buckeroo, christine (#32)
You mean ol' buckeroo? What is funny is that the last time he posted to me he pinged Christine to it as if she didn't know who he really was. Way too funny.
#34. To: litus (#33)
Lord Acton
#35. To: James Deffenbach (#34)
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