« Don Rickles on Dean Martin Roasts : Bob Hope | Main | Earth Day Obama Voters »
April 25, 2009
CDC Says "too late to contain the swine flu outbreak "
Mexican and U.S. health officials searched on Saturday for signs an outbreak of a new flu strain is spreading further, after it killed up to 68 people in Mexico and infected eight in the United States.
As Mexico shut schools and museums and axed public events, global health officials stopped short of declaring a pandemic.
But they warned more cases could come to light, making up a major outbreak, as the flu spreads between people and infected some individuals who had no contact with one another.
The World Health Organization said the virus from 12 of the Mexican patients was the same genetically as a new strain of swine flu, designated H1N1, seen in eight people in California and Texas who later recovered.
The Mexican government said the flu had killed 20 people and it may also be responsible for 48 other deaths. In all, 1,004 suspected cases have been reported nationwide.
Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova, speaking on the evening television news, encouraged people to avoid crowds and wear face masks, noting there was no guarantee that going to get a flu vaccine would help against the new strain.
He said the death rate appeared to have steadied and hospitals in the past few days had not seen the exponential rise in the number of people infected that many had feared.
Genetic analysis shows the flu strain is a never-before-seen mixture of swine, human and avian viruses.
The fact most of the dead were aged between 25 and 45 was seen as a worrying sign linked to pandemics, as seasonal flu tends to be more deadly among the elderly and the very young.
"We realize the seriousness of this problem," Mexican President Felipe Calderon told health officials on Friday.
Wild Thing's comment......
Please close the border. Oops I forgot, Obama is counting on all the illegals for future votes.
Posted by Wild Thing at April 25, 2009 07:45 AM
Comments
The border doesn't need closing, what we need to do is to napalm mexico until it ceases to exist. Just think.......no more illegal beaners, drug dealers, anchor babies and filthy neighborhoods. mexico is a waste of time and these ass bites are breathing the air that we need. Off with them now and send O'Vomit down with them.
Posted by: cuchieddie (Known Infidel) at April 25, 2009 11:00 AM
Disease in Mexico. Wow, what a surprise. The last many years as more illegals have entered America, we have had an increase in diseases that had basically been wiped out. TB and polio have made a comeback among a other very infectious diseases. The Third World is bringing more of their backward shit here than just their politics and religion.
Posted by: TomR at April 25, 2009 12:03 PM
Why is it too late to contain this virus ? Secure the border and let the virus play out in Mexico.
If we can even control our own border then we are not the country we thought we were.
Posted by: Mark at April 25, 2009 03:30 PM
cuchieddie (Known Infidel), all those
things you listed really show how
something major needs to be done.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 25, 2009 07:09 PM
Tom, the one that has always concerned me
coming in from Mexico from the illegals
has been TB. And like you said polio too.
Those two really never get mentioned as
why something needs to be done about the
illegals and they should be talking about
that is one of the huge things they bring
into our country.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 25, 2009 07:12 PM
Mark, AMEN! That is exactly what should
be done.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 25, 2009 07:17 PM
The news of the school in New York with all the flu is that some students went to Mexico on spring break and brought it back. Add to Mark's suggestion that travel to Mexico be halted. And quit calling it Swine Flu--it's Mexican Flu or just Mexiflu.
Posted by: horace at April 27, 2009 10:21 AM
