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news.yahoo.com - 4/27/2009
WHO raises pandemic flu alert level to phase 4 (AP)
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AP - Mexico says the World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert for swine flu by one level, two steps short of declaring a full-blown pandemic
msnbc.msn.com - 4/27/2009
Obama: Swine flu cause for concern, not alarm
— msnbc.msn.com — The world’s governments raced to avoid both a pandemic and global hysteria as more possible swine flu... cases surfaced around the globe and the U.S. declared a public health emergency. (more) Obama: Swine flu cause for concern, not alarm

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WHO Raises Global Threat Level As Reports of Swine Flu Increase
washingtonpost.com - 4/28/2009
WHO Raises Global Threat Level As Reports of Swine Flu Increase
— washingtonpost.com — Confirmed Cases Double in U.S.; Europe Cites Its 1st Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, April 28, 2009... (more) WHO Raises Global Threat Level As Reports of Swine Flu ...

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Schumer opposed flu pandemic funding in stimulus, too, you morons
michellemalkin.com - 4/27/2009
Schumer opposed flu pandemic funding in stimulus, too, you morons
— michellemalkin.com — Sorry to interrupt all the liberal blogosphere’s unhinged GOP-bashing over opposition to flu pandemic funding in the... porkulus bill, but. [...] Read the rest » (more) Schumer opposed flu pandemic funding in stimulus, too, ...

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Riehl World View:  Flu: WHO Raises Threat Level To 4

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Flu: WHO Raises Threat Level To 4
Riehl World View — Via email from Pundita. Here is what level 4 means and how it might have an economic impact. More here via a Drudge link. LEVEL 4 - characterized by verified human-to-human transmission of an animal or human-animal influenza reassortant virus able to cause community-level outbreaks. Concern about the impact on global economic activity starts to weigh on the wider equity market. Mark Bon, fund manager at Canada Life in London, estimates an upgrade to level 4 would see stock markets suffer a sudden sharp drop of 7 ...

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