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Swine Flu Pandemic Possible
A Blog For All —
... . It's a mild version, but experts are concerned it may morph into a more virulent and dangerous form . The students were among about 100 at St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows who became sick in the last few days, said Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, New York City’s health commissioner.“All the cases were mild, no child was hospitalized, no child was seriously ill,” Dr. Frieden said. Health officials reached their preliminary conclusion after conducting viral tests on nose or throat swabs from the eight students, which allowed them to eliminate other strains of flu. ...
Late Night Open Thread
Calculated Risk —
Just an open thread for discussion ... this story is concerning: From the NY Times: Students Fall Ill in New York, and Swine Flu Is Likely Cause Tests show that eight students at a Queens high school are likely to have contracted the human swine flu virus that has struck Mexico and a small number of other people in the United States, health officials in New York City said yesterday. The students were among about 100 at St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows who became sick in the last few days, said Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, New York City’s ...
WHO Swine Flu Constitutes a ‘Public Health Emergency of International Concern’
The Democratic Daily —
On Saturday, Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared an emergency in Mexico in the wake of the country’s swine flu outbreak. The emergency declaration gives Calderon the ”powers to order quarantines and suspend public events.”
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Dr. Margaret Chan, the director-general of the W.H.O., said on Saturday that the deadly swine flu virus outbreak in Mexico (and the U.S.) constitutes a “public health emergency of international concern.”
The W.H.O. convened an emergency meeting of experts on Saturday, but the panel adjourned without raising the global pandemic ...
links for 2009-04-26
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
Andrew Sullivan - Dishonest, Or Just Dumb?
Andrew Sullivan seizes on a repackaging of yesterday's news to inform the world that the absence of proof equals the absence of evidence. Just for starters, this will surely simplify the global warming debate - since the IPCC is the first to admit that they cannot prove that humans are contributing to ...
Swine flu in New York City.
Althouse —
It's not just for Mexico anymore. Look out. But don't worry, "Obama's health fine after trip to Mexico." *** I've made a "flu" tag. I hope I won't need to use it too much. Here's an excellent book: "Flu : The Story Of The Great ...
Swine Flu Update: New York Students Fall Ill
PoliGazette —
... The swine flu continues to spread over the American continent. The New York Times reports that eight New York students have fallen ill, probably suffering from this particular flu. ...
Headed Your Way
Jules Crittenden —
« Machine Gunning The Lifeboats Headed Your Way It’s swine flu, from Mexico: NYT . Your public health officials, not on the ball: Washington Post . Most of the cases so far are in California and Texas, not surprisingly, given the high volume of legal and illegal traffic across the Mexican border. Already some linkage of swine flu and immigration policy, compliments of Malkin . The epidemiologists tell us flu can move rapidly around the world, thanks to the nature of the disease and high rates of global travel, ...
Hey, Rick Perry -- if you secede, you don't get to ask the Feds for flu help
Brilliant at Breakfast —
This little gem of teabagger hypocrisy comes to us via Hoffmania: In Texas, Byron Steele High School was closed and all its extracurricular activities were canceled “to reduce the risk to students, staff and the community,” said Dr. Sandra Guerra, a regional director for the state health department. She urged students not to hang out together anyway as “that would defeat the purpose.” Gov. Rick Perry of Texas asked the C.D.C. to send 37,430 doses of Tamiflu. According to one expert involved in telephone discussions about flu ...
Faces Of The Day
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
A couple kisses at the Historic Center, in Mexico City, on April 25, 2009. An outbreak of deadly swine flu in Mexico and the United States has raised the specter of a new virus against which much of humanity would have little or no immunity. The outbreak of the new multi-strain swine flu virus transmitted from human to human that has killed up to 60 people in Mexico is a 'serious situation' with a 'pandemic potential', the head of the World Health Organization stated. By Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images. ...
Oh, now Rick Perry wants the benefits of statehood
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
NYT, re the Swine Flu outbreak. Gov. Rick Perry of Texas asked the C.D.C. to send 37,430 doses of Tamiflu.I guess Rick got tired of teabagging. ...
