Swine Flu sickens over 1,000 in Mexico, kills at least 70

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SUNDAY, April 26 (HealthDay News) -- Mexican authorities continued to take dramatic steps over the weekend to try to contain the swine flu outbreak that officials say has killed as many as 81 people, and sickened more than 1,300 others.

In the United States, two new cases were reported Saturday by health officials in Kansas, as well as a new case in California, bringing the national total to 11, according to the Associated Press. Eight more cases of "probable" swine flu involving school students have been identified by New York City health officials. Cases in the U.S. have so far remained mild.
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http://www.forbes.com/feeds/hscout/2009/04/26/hscout626462.html

WHO is already keeping a close eye on this, the virus is mainly killing those in the young adult range instead of the elderly or children. And the virus itself has genes from four other viruses in it, quite a combo....it seems weak to Tamiflu though (A medication that has been thought to be used in case of a Bird flu pandemic).
I have yet to read how the people in Texas and California got it, am interested in that. Thoughts?
 
In all fairness, SARS was never detected outside of a few big North American cities (and, of course, across China). Bird flu was the same. This thing's starting to crop up in several states.

Though, yeah, I'm also thinking this will end up being nothing more than the sickness of the year. Until it starts killing people in America (where, let's face it, we have better available health care than Mexico), I'll likely ignore this, like I ignored bird flu.

And the people in Texas and California likely contracted it by going to Mexico or coming in contact with someone from Mexico (they do border the country of the disease's origin).
 
The 8 cases in New York have been confirmed as Swine flu.
So the illness may be beginning to follow airport routes, due to tourism in Mexico, and just the high number of people passing through airports. Mexico is having problems containing it, and a Public Emergency has already been declared in America, hopefully this won't be serious....
 
Two people already in UK have been in hospital as they came back from Mexico and hopes they don't have this. I have a few really good friends in USA and hope none of them or anyone they know get this, or for that matter anyone here. If many different countries are working on a cure, I am sure it won't take too long before one comes out to combat this.
 
Crap >.< It's already been found in Canada (4 cases in ). New Zealand (10 suspected cases) and France suspect people are sick with it. And Ohio has joined in having cases, but so far the only ones who have died were in Mexico.
Unlike the Mexican situation, it appears that it's not established in any community, just getting some people sick. It may be following a course similar to the SARS outbreak, but too early to tell.

Tamiflu seems to work best at combatting the illness, so the company is ready to mass-produce if a government requests it.
 
I'll only get really worried about this if it becomes resistant to Tamilfu. If there's no way to treat this, then I'll start walling myself in my house. Not until then.
 
I'm slightly more concerned about this than I was about SARS and bird flu, purely because it's got to New Zealand, but I don't think there will be any major epidemic.
 
Thank god this did not happen during spring break. If it did then damn there would be no way to know which American tourist or other tourists have it. Thank god it didn't. But yeah its still a problem. If Tamiflu does not prove as a remedy then we have a problem on our hands. I also loved this past week at how morbid and evil it has been. American water supplies contaminated boarflu becoming a widespread sickness North Korea becoming a nuclear power and my own little country being a victim to bank robberies by cops.
 
Oh also now you can become a spectator of sorts who is sick and how many are dead. This kind of makes me feel a bit evil if not like controller of evil.
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Aha so pink is suspect purple confirmed yellow negative. Dot means alive no dot means dirt nap. Now if I was the one in control of earth this is something I would use BUT I would have people all over the map and control each one.
 
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OMG! When the churches in Mexico close. It means this is big. My AP Bio teacher started saying this is big also. I didn't really pay attention to it until now. Yes I've heard the CDC announcement but eh. This is America. Too bad I live in Los Angeles since we have very close ties to the Mexican community. Also I was planning to post this up earlier but I'd been trying to ween myself off the PC/Web. XD

I'm keeping a close eye on this. Even SARS was a scare. But remember the government tries to keep this in wraps since they don't want mass panic. But when they start sending out alerts. IT'S SERIOUS Buissiness. D:

I hope for the best since we already have SO MANY PROBLEMS. (Remeber how President Obama was swept into power? Crappy Economy? Healthcare System? Education System? Climate Change? Foreign Affairs?)

Is the World Ready? (Why yes it is. XD)

Experts are adamant, the world has never been better prepared for a flu pandemic.

History tells us that there are global epidemics every 30 to 50 years.

And with the last one happening in the late 1960s, governments across the world have been on alert for the past decade.

That moment could now be here with the World Health Organization describing the outbreak of swine flu as a major concern.

Governments across the world have been revising and making new plans since the re-emergence of bird flu six years ago in south east Asia.

Nearly 150 countries are now known to have drawn up contingency plans covering everything from the response of health services to travel restrictions and international co-operation.

In 2007, the International Health Regulations came into place compelling all 194 member states to respond to a "public health emergency of international concern".
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So far, it's looking like a 5-10% mortality rate in Mexico, where healthcare services aren't as good as America.

Scary, but unless it mutates, not ridiculously dangerous.
 
Was gonna say, Mexico's not exactly got good healthcare whatever your views on healthcare are. I'm not bothered bout it at all. I just find it incredibly sad that every few months or so the news media has to use some new virus as a scaremongering tool.
 
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Was gonna say, Mexico's not exactly got good healthcare whatever your views on healthcare are. I'm not bothered bout it at all. I just find it incredibly sad that every few months or so the news media has to use some new virus as a scaremongering tool.
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They have to. No teenage blonde girls have been abducted.
 
Well, there's suspected cases is my home town, and that's in Norway. But I'm not worried. I guess it's just casual flu.
 
And WHO just raised the pandemic alert level to Phase 4. I know there's a possibility of a pandemic happening but it seems a little extreme to me. For now at least.

I understand the government is trying to keep the flu from going further, but if anything the panic and fear people are having is going to make it deadlier. Fear, hype, and stress bring down the immune system and make any sickness worse.

Also I notice the government is acting much faster in a small amount of time than with the bird flu. Probably since the swine flu is contagious and in the Western Hemisphere, where the H5N1 virus was in Asia and only caught from birds. Could just be my observation.
 
1918 != 2009. Medical facilities weren't what they are today, standard of living was significantly lower, etc etc etc.

Ohai, SARS/bird flu/west nile/mad cow.
 
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