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12:56 PM | Posted by Swine Flu Info Blog | Edit Post
........of the Swine Flu in the US?
a) Is it the irresponsible reporters?
b) Have the anti-immigration activist already ran with this rhetoric?
c)All the above?http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/
Swine Influenza (Flu)
From December 2005 through February 2009, a total of 12 human infections with swine influenza were reported from 10 states in the United States. Since March 2009, a number of confirmed human cases of a new strain of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in California, Texas, and Mexico have been identified. An investigation into these cases is ongoing. For more information see Human Swine Flu Investigation.
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10 comments:

MowYourO said...

It's C with the Fact that Swine Flu does kill babies and the elderly.

May 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Dirty Martini said...

Can you confirm the swine flu only effects mexicans and pigs?

May 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM
♥♥Cheeli said...

Defensive much? No one is trying to make it the first.
Just the worst. ANd we are clear on the source of it.

May 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM
No Amnesty said...

Because they will NEVER take any responsibility for ANYTHING!! Just like the E coli, must have been those illegal workers.. couldn't be livestock crapping in the fields and contaminating the water source.. had to be those workers... ROFLMAO!!
Oh and people will start whining about TB. Only two DOCUMENTED cases were by a US citizen from Georgia and a legal immigrant from Russia. More blaming without documentation. http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/06/0...http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,2899...http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=665434http://www.wfsb.com/health/14300631/deta...

May 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM
ICU said...

H1N1 was last seen in 1918. During the great depression. It is not the first time that it has been seen in America. Its resurgent s is similar to that of the to cases of TB brought in by illegals.
Sounds like an even better reason to strengthen the border.

May 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM
tahitipo said...

I didn't see a thing about swine flu having to do with immigrants. However, I will say that most of the unusual, weird diseases we came in contact with in the the US came from other countries. But, we have to remember, many of these countries are not really on top of hygiene in terms of cleaniness and concerne about other countries as they really don't give a s..t!

May 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM
StoneCol said...

do you really have a life???
How come we didn't hear a peep from you when the birdflu was hitting many Asian countries?
Let us know next time when you are ready to have a award ceremony for all the drug cartels in Mexico for their outstanding achievements in human trafficing and execution style killing of gang members and civilians alike.
Oh, by the way, I am thinking about making you a tiara with pink fuzz around, what size hat do you wear??

May 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Lisa said...

They're not. The swine flu comes from somewhere as in the transmission of it. This time it happens to be coming from Mexico. Mexico seems to have the worst of the outbreak so far with many more cases. Canada is even on alert. The CDC suspects that people in the U.S. and Canada who have recently visited Mexico is how they got it. That is the only common connection. Touching contaminated surfaces is one cause. But this one is a respiratory disease which is inhaled.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp=...
Health officials prepare for swine flu 'pandemic'
CDC warns it may be too late to contain emerging virushttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30398682
Why is it you seem to think that Mexico is disease free? You sure defend them a lot.

May 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM
tahitipo… said...

The difference is that these current ones came on fast and out of nowhere and new cases keep being confirmed. Also, 68 people have already died in Mexico and it has only started a few weeks ago. The people who have died have been otherwise healthy young adults. It's very scary, especially for me because I live in San Diego.
Fatal flu pandemics are common throughout history and we are about due for one. I even read that about a year ago in a doctor's magazine while waiting to be seen in the waiting room.
And Mexico City is very modern and has lots of capable hospitals. So we're not immune.

May 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Chief Whachusa said...

I think it is a combination of a and b, irresponsible reporters with rhetoric reporting.
It is the words they chose that makes the headlines.
Headline from the Yahoo web site,
"Swine flu declared a health emergency"http://www.yahoo.com/
The article from that link does not "declare" a health emergency.
"WHO declares international concern over swine flu"
"GENEVA – The World Health Organization warned countries around the world Saturday to be on alert for any unusual flu outbreaks after a unique new swine flu virus was implicated in possibly dozens of human deaths in North America.
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said the outbreak in Mexico and the United States constituted a "public health emergency of international concern."
The decision means countries around the world will be asked to step up reporting and surveillance of the disease, which she said had "pandemic potential" because it is an animal virus strain infecting people. But the agency cannot at this stage say "whether or not it will indeed cause a pandemic," she added.
Chan made the decision to declare public health emergency of international concern after consulting with influenza experts from around the world. The emergency committee was called together Saturday for the first time since it was created in 2007.
In theory, WHO could now recommend travel advisories, trade restrictions or border closures, none of which would be binding. So far it has refrained from doing so.
The agency also held off raising its pandemic alert level, citing the need for more information.
Earlier, Chan told reporters that "it would be prudent for health officials within countries to be alert to outbreaks of influenza-like illness or pneumonia, especially if these occur in months outside the usual peak influenza season."http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090425/ap_o...
The key phrases to compare against the posted headliner from the Yahoo home page are,
"In theory, WHO could now recommend travel advisories, trade restrictions or border closures, none of which would be binding. So far it has refrained from doing so.
The agency also held off raising its pandemic alert level, citing the need for more information."
This shows that a posted headliner does not always accurately describe the given article.
It seems we have forgotten about when Legionnaires' disease was first reported out of Philadelphia?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionellos...

May 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM

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