Swine flu 2009

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

Swine flu in Michigan now.

 

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

Ha! I'll keep you updated.

 

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

The Mexicans may be lying about the death toll:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/8018428.stm

British ex-pats working in the health field in Mexico have been bombarding the BBC with reports that suggest the toll from swine flu is much higher.

 

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

Mexico's having a really bad week:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/27/mexico.earthquake/index.html

 

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

The lack of information being reported from Mexico is troubling. I've been trying to read some of the newspapers in Mexico City through Bablefish (my Spanish sucks) and some of the comments on the stories seem to show that a lot of the citizens think the government is lying to them.

 

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

Troubling, yes. Not surprising in the least, however.

 

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It will be interesting to watch how their government handles "shutting down" Mexico City. I don't see how that can be accomplished peacefully.

 

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Doing some more browsing of newspaper sites in Mexico and a lot of them are slow or unresponsive. Their Internet infrastructure is probably woefully inadequate to handle global or perhaps a flood of local traffic.

 

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I don't see how that can be accomplished at all.

 

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This thing is being blown out of proportion. Someone in our coverage area got the swine flu. I went to the presser. The doctor said wash your hands and you'll be fine.

He said tamiflu works if you use it within the first 48 hours.

He also said it may not be passed from human to human. Woman who got it drove to Mich from San Antonio and didn't pass it to her family on the 2 day car trip.

 

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A cynic would suggest that one of the reasons its being blown out of proportion up here is to take the economy off the front page.

I don't think it's being blown out of proportion south of the border however. It does sound very serious down there. Of course banana republics don't have a real good track record handling things like this.

 

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

Just got back from a week in Mexico, heard nothing about until I arrived home and there was a news crew wanting to ask us questions.