news.bbc.co.uk - 4/25/2009
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Mexico City residents leave a clinic wearing protective masks
grist.org - 4/26/2009
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piggy One flu east, one flu west The
outbreak of a new flu strain—a nasty mash-up of...
swine, avian, and human viruses—has infected 1000 people in Mexico and the U.S., killing 68. The World Health Organization warned Saturday that the outbreak could ...
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Swine-flu outbreak linked to Smithfield factory farms
washingtonpost.com - 4/25/2009
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U.S. Slow to Learn of Mexico Flu
biosurveillance.typepad.com - 4/26/2009
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Introduction At Veratect, we operate two operations centers
based in the United States (one in the Washington,...
DC area and one in Seattle, WA) that provide animal and human infectious disease event detection and tracking globally. Both operations ...
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Swine Flu in Mexico- Timeline of Events
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flu news - really scary
skippy the bush kangaroo —
... truth. Authorities distributed vaccines among all the medical personnel with no results, because two of my partners who worked in this hospital (interns) were killed by this new virus in less than six days even though they were vaccinated as all of us were. The official number of deaths is 20, nevertheless, the true number of victims are more than 200. I understand that we must avoid to panic, but telling the truth it might be better now to prevent and avoid more deaths. More here. ------------- (Via paul kedrosky's ...
Mexican Reports: Flu Much Worse Than Reported
Suburban Guerrilla —
... Once again, it looks like the internet is ahead of the official media. Comments on a BBC News site paint a much grimmer picture than we’ve been led to believe about the swine flu epidemic in Mexico. And while I’m reluctant to assume all commenters on a news site are telling the truth, I don’t think we can completely dismiss this, either. After all, Mexican authorities, already reeling from a sharp drop in tourism, have a strong financial incentive to downplay the size of this problem. ...
BBC READERS ARE posting flu reports from Mexico City….
Instapundit —
BBC READERS ARE posting flu reports from Mexico City.
Swine-Flu Shows How We Live In Good Times
Chicago Boyz —
BBC via Instapundit:
Readers in Mexico have been emailing the BBC describing the sense of fear gripping the country as a result of a flu virus outbreak, which has so far claimed more than 80 lives.
Well, that’s from Mexico so the number might be anything from 8 to 800 but still isn’t a marvel that we live in age when we even deign to notice a mere 80 deaths in a place a couple of thousands miles away?
Being able to fret about just one serious communicable disease is a luxury beyond price.
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Hecho en Mexico: Swine Flu
The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely —
... of pig, bird and human flus -- Mexican officials have stressed that it is curable. President Felipe Calderón said Sunday that of the 1,324 patients with flulike symptoms as of Saturday, 929 have been treated and released from the hospital.
Mexican officials said there is no shortage of antiviral medication. The difference between who lives and dies seems largely linked to how quickly patients receive treatment, officials said.
Comments from Mexican citizens submitted to the BBC tell a different story than the official line (HT Effect Measure ...
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Q+A - Mexico hit by deadly new flu virus
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Fatal new flu strain threatens Mexico, U.S.
reuters.com 4/25/2009 — Catherine Bremer and Stephanie Nebehay MEXICO CITY/GENEVA (Reuters) - A new flu strain that has killed up to 68 people in Mexico could become a pandemic, the World Health Organization warned on Saturday, as health experts tried to track the disease's ...
Avoid Mexico, Travelers Are Told, as Swine Flu Toll Mounts
nytimes.com 4/27/2009 — MEXICO CITY International fears of a pandemic rose Monday as the number of people killed by the swine flu in Mexico climbed to 149. At least four other countries have confirmed cases and many others have stepped up testing as well as issuing ...
National swine flu warning: Obama White House explains; Full text
latimesblogs.latimes.com 4/26/2009 — Full text of White House Emergency Swine Influenza briefing by Homeland Security Secy. Janet Napolitano, John Brennan, assistant to president for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, Dr. Richard Besser, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...
Q&A: What is swine flu?
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Yahoo! News: Politics News 4/25/2009
AP - A swine flu outbreak that appears to have caused fatalities in humans in Mexico and nonfatal cases in the United States prompted the World Health Organization this weekend to urge countries around the world to be alert for suspicious cases of ...
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