So... Now It's A Pandemic?

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dailykos.com - 6/11/2009

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Hey, guess what? While you were sleeping, the world didn't change. But for reasons of timing and international politics, the same swine-derived (H1N1) novel influenza A that has already spread from North America to nearly every continent is now "on the verge" of being declared the first ...

news.bbc.co.uk - 6/11/2009

BBC NEWS | Health | WHO declares swine flu pandemic

— news.bbc.co.uk — The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global flu pandemic after holding an emergency meeting. It... means the swine flu virus is spreading in at least two regions of the world with rising cases being seen in the UK, Australia, Japan and ... (more) BBC NEWS | Health | WHO declares swine flu pandemic

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msnbc.msn.com - 6/11/2009

WHO: Swine flu pandemic has begun

— msnbc.msn.com — The World Health Organization has told its member nations it is declaring a swine flu pandemic —... the first global flu epidemic in 41 years. (more) WHO: Swine flu pandemic has begun

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drudge.com - 6/11/2009

WHO: Swine Flu is Pandemic

— drudge.com — The World Health Organization raised the H1N1 swine flu alert to the highest level, making it the... first flu pandemic in 41 years. There have been 27,000 cases in 74 countries, including 141 deaths. (more) WHO: Swine Flu is Pandemic

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WHO tries not to put the panic in pandemic
HorsesAss.Org — The World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic today, raising the global H1N1 alert level to six, on a six-point scale. It’s been 41 years since the last pandemic, the Hong Kong flu, killed about a million people worldwide. While WHO is urging people not to panic, emphasizing that the declaration represents the virus’s global spread, not it’s severity, DemFromCT (in a lengthy post on Daily Kos that is really worth the read) argues that we should take full advantage of this teaching moment: While the media includes “don’t panic’ overtly or subtly in ...

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The World Health Organization raised the H1N1 swine flu alert to the highest level, making it the first flu pandemic in 41 years. There have been 27,000 cases in 74 countries, including 141 deaths.

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Swine Flu Pandemic Is Closer, Says WHO — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed

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Pandemic — Suburban Guerrilla

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For many, swine flu is proving to be more of an inconvenience than a pandemic. Just as Ray Nagin, who has been quarantined by the Chinese government after travelling on a plane with someone experiencing swine flu symptoms. CNN: Nagin flew on a plane that also carried a passenger who ...

WHO: Swine flu now a pandemic — POLITICO.com: Politics
The World Health Organization adds that further spread of the H1N1 virus "is considered inevitable."