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Mexico swine flu deaths spur global epidemic fears
Mexico swine flu deaths spur global epidemic fears
By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer Mark Stevenson, Associated Press Writer
Here is the story, but first the editorial: Remember when we were told that the government was planning an epidemic to have a good excuse to implement martial law? What does this look like to you? Remember when we were told that when the epidemic hit there would be a closure of all public places, including schools, doctor offices, banks, grocery stores, gas stations, and so forth? Poor Mexico is already experiencing this. We discovered the answer to the mutated Hanta virus, Bird Flu, that we could be saved by massive doses of Vitamin C. So now another epidemic flu had to be manufactured in the lab and spread a bit later, because it was planned for late Jan. It is coming nearly at the time it was suppose to. This is a government trick that can kill people. With the other epidemics released by the government, it was sited that there was a large number of unexpected survivors. This is the one that they want to create the conditions for martial law and get the soldiers already in place for the time when the resistors will try to help their family countrymen. But if they do, then the arrests will start taking place and the Patriot Act will come into play so that the arrests, and executions can place with no due process of law. And now for the story:
MEXICO CITY – A unique strain of swine flu is the suspected killer of dozens of people in Mexico, where authorities closed schools, museums, libraries and theaters in the capital on Friday to try to contain an outbreak that has spurred concerns of a global flu epidemic.
The worrisome new virus — which combines genetic material from pigs, birds and humans in a way researchers have not seen before — also sickened at least eight people in Texas and California, though there have been no deaths in the U.S.
Video links:
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ylocalnews;_ylt=AtnKsLw.FmdpP5Dme2M...
"We are very, very concerned," World Health Organization spokesman Thomas Abraham said. "We have what appears to be a novel virus and it has spread from human to human ... It's all hands on deck at the moment."
The outbreak caused alarm in Mexico, where more than 1,000 people have been sickened. Residents of the capital donned surgical masks and authorities ordered the most sweeping shutdown of public gathering places in a quarter century. President Felipe Calderon met with his Cabinet Friday to coordinate Mexico's response.
The WHO was convening an expert panel to consider whether to raise the pandemic alert level or issue travel advisories.
It might already be too late to contain the outbreak, a prominent U.S. pandemic flu expert said late Friday.
Given how quickly flu can spread around the globe, if these are the first signs of a pandemic, then there are probably cases incubating around the world already, said Dr. Michael Osterholm at the University of Minnesota.
In Mexico City, "literally hundreds and thousands of travelers come in and out every day," Osterholm said. "You'd have to believe there's been more unrecognized transmission that's occurred."
There is no vaccine that specifically protects against swine flu, and it was unclear how much protection current human flu vaccines might offer. A "seed stock" genetically matched to the new swine flu virus has been created by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, said Dr. Richard Besser, the agency's acting director. If the government decides vaccine production is necessary, manufacturers would need that stock to get started.
Authorities in Mexico urged people to avoid hospitals unless they had a medical emergency, since hospitals are centers of infection. They also said Mexicans should refrain from customary greetings such as shaking hands or kissing cheeks. At Mexico City's international airport, passengers were questioned to try to prevent anyone with flu symptoms from boarding airplanes and spreading the disease.
Epidemiologists are particularly concerned because the only fatalities so far were in young people and adults.
The eight U.S. victims recovered from symptoms that were like those of the regular flu, mostly fever, cough and sore throat, though some also experienced vomiting and diarrhea.
U.S. health officials announced an outbreak notice to travelers, urging caution and frequent handwashing, but stopping short of telling Americans to avoid Mexico.
Mexico's Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordoba said 68 people have died of flu and the new swine flu strain had been confirmed in 20 of those deaths. At least 1,004 people nationwide were sick from the suspected flu, he said.
The geographical spread of the outbreaks also concerned the WHO — while 13 of the 20 deaths were in Mexico City, the rest were spread across Mexico — four in central San Luis Potosi, two up near the U.S. border in Baja California, and one in southern Oaxaca state.
Scientists have long been concerned that a new flu virus could launch a worldwide pandemic of a killer disease. A new virus could evolve when different flu viruses infect a pig, a person or a bird, mingling their genetic material. The resulting hybrid could spread quickly because people would have no natural defenses against it.
Still, flu experts were concerned but not alarmed about the latest outbreak.
"We've seen swine influenza in humans over the past several years, and in most cases, it's come from direct pig contact. This seems to be different," said Dr. Arnold Monto, a flu expert with the University of Michigan.
"I think we need to be careful and not apprehensive, but certainly paying attention to new developments as they proceed."
The CDC says two flu drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza, seem effective against the new strain. Roche, the maker of Tamiflu, said the company is prepared to immediately deploy a stockpile of the drug if requested.
Both drugs must be taken early, within a few days of the onset of symptoms, to be most effective.
Cordoba said Mexico has enough Tamiflu to treat 1 million people, but the medicine will be strictly controlled and handed out only by doctors.
Mexico's government had maintained until late Thursday that there was nothing unusual about the flu cases, although this year's flu season had been worse and longer than past years.
The sudden turnaround by public health officials angered many Mexicans.
"They could have stopped it in time," said Araceli Cruz, 24, a university student who emerged from the subway wearing a surgical mask. "Now they've let it spread to other people."
The city was handing out free surgical masks to passengers on buses and the subway system, which carries 5 million people each day. Government workers were ordered to wear the masks, and authorities urged residents to stay home from work if they felt ill.
Closing schools across Mexico's capital of 20 million kept 6.1 million students home, as well as thousands of university students. All state and city-run cultural activities were suspended, including libraries, state-run theaters, and at least 14 museums. Private athletic clubs closed down and soccer leagues were considering canceling weekend games.
The closures were the first citywide shutdown of public gathering places since thousands died in the devastating 1985 earthquake.
Mexico's response brought to mind other major outbreaks, such as when SARS hit Asia. At its peak in 2003, Beijing shuttered schools, cinemas and restaurants, and thousands of people were quarantined at home.
In March 2008, Hong Kong ordered more than a half-million students to stay home for two weeks because of a flu outbreak. It was the first such closure in Hong Kong since the outbreak of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome.
"It's great they are taking precautions," said Lillian Molina, a teacher at the Montessori's World preschool in Mexico City, who scrubbed down empty classrooms with Clorox, soap and Lysol between fielding calls from worried parents.
U.S. health officials said the outbreak is not yet a reason for alarm in the United States. The five people sickened in California and three in Texas have all recovered.
It's unclear how the eight, who became ill between late March and mid-April, contracted the virus because none were in contact with pigs, which is how people usually catch swine flu. And only a few were in contact with each other.
CDC officials described the virus as having a unique combination of gene segments not seen before in people or pigs. The bug contains human virus, avian virus from North America and pig viruses from North America, Europe and Asia. It may be completely new, or it may have been around for a while and was only detected now through improved testing and surveillance, CDC officials said.
The most notorious flu pandemic is thought to have killed at least 40 million people worldwide in 1918-19. Two other, less deadly flu pandemics struck in 1957 and 1968.
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Associated Press Writers Maria Cheng in London; Traci Carl in Mexico City; Mike Stobbe in Atlanta, Georgia; and Malcolm Ritter in New York contributed to this report.
By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer Mark Stevenson, Associated Press Writer
Here is the story, but first the editorial: Remember when we were told that the government was planning an epidemic to have a good excuse to implement martial law? What does this look like to you? Remember when we were told that when the epidemic hit there would be a closure of all public places, including schools, doctor offices, banks, grocery stores, gas stations, and so forth? Poor Mexico is already experiencing this. We discovered the answer to the mutated Hanta virus, Bird Flu, that we could be saved by massive doses of Vitamin C. So now another epidemic flu had to be manufactured in the lab and spread a bit later, because it was planned for late Jan. It is coming nearly at the time it was suppose to. This is a government trick that can kill people. With the other epidemics released by the government, it was sited that there was a large number of unexpected survivors. This is the one that they want to create the conditions for martial law and get the soldiers already in place for the time when the resistors will try to help their family countrymen. But if they do, then the arrests will start taking place and the Patriot Act will come into play so that the arrests, and executions can place with no due process of law. And now for the story:
MEXICO CITY – A unique strain of swine flu is the suspected killer of dozens of people in Mexico, where authorities closed schools, museums, libraries and theaters in the capital on Friday to try to contain an outbreak that has spurred concerns of a global flu epidemic.
The worrisome new virus — which combines genetic material from pigs, birds and humans in a way researchers have not seen before — also sickened at least eight people in Texas and California, though there have been no deaths in the U.S.
Video links:
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ylocalnews;_ylt=AtnKsLw.FmdpP5Dme2M...
"We are very, very concerned," World Health Organization spokesman Thomas Abraham said. "We have what appears to be a novel virus and it has spread from human to human ... It's all hands on deck at the moment."
The outbreak caused alarm in Mexico, where more than 1,000 people have been sickened. Residents of the capital donned surgical masks and authorities ordered the most sweeping shutdown of public gathering places in a quarter century. President Felipe Calderon met with his Cabinet Friday to coordinate Mexico's response.
The WHO was convening an expert panel to consider whether to raise the pandemic alert level or issue travel advisories.
It might already be too late to contain the outbreak, a prominent U.S. pandemic flu expert said late Friday.
Given how quickly flu can spread around the globe, if these are the first signs of a pandemic, then there are probably cases incubating around the world already, said Dr. Michael Osterholm at the University of Minnesota.
In Mexico City, "literally hundreds and thousands of travelers come in and out every day," Osterholm said. "You'd have to believe there's been more unrecognized transmission that's occurred."
There is no vaccine that specifically protects against swine flu, and it was unclear how much protection current human flu vaccines might offer. A "seed stock" genetically matched to the new swine flu virus has been created by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, said Dr. Richard Besser, the agency's acting director. If the government decides vaccine production is necessary, manufacturers would need that stock to get started.
Authorities in Mexico urged people to avoid hospitals unless they had a medical emergency, since hospitals are centers of infection. They also said Mexicans should refrain from customary greetings such as shaking hands or kissing cheeks. At Mexico City's international airport, passengers were questioned to try to prevent anyone with flu symptoms from boarding airplanes and spreading the disease.
Epidemiologists are particularly concerned because the only fatalities so far were in young people and adults.
The eight U.S. victims recovered from symptoms that were like those of the regular flu, mostly fever, cough and sore throat, though some also experienced vomiting and diarrhea.
U.S. health officials announced an outbreak notice to travelers, urging caution and frequent handwashing, but stopping short of telling Americans to avoid Mexico.
Mexico's Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordoba said 68 people have died of flu and the new swine flu strain had been confirmed in 20 of those deaths. At least 1,004 people nationwide were sick from the suspected flu, he said.
The geographical spread of the outbreaks also concerned the WHO — while 13 of the 20 deaths were in Mexico City, the rest were spread across Mexico — four in central San Luis Potosi, two up near the U.S. border in Baja California, and one in southern Oaxaca state.
Scientists have long been concerned that a new flu virus could launch a worldwide pandemic of a killer disease. A new virus could evolve when different flu viruses infect a pig, a person or a bird, mingling their genetic material. The resulting hybrid could spread quickly because people would have no natural defenses against it.
Still, flu experts were concerned but not alarmed about the latest outbreak.
"We've seen swine influenza in humans over the past several years, and in most cases, it's come from direct pig contact. This seems to be different," said Dr. Arnold Monto, a flu expert with the University of Michigan.
"I think we need to be careful and not apprehensive, but certainly paying attention to new developments as they proceed."
The CDC says two flu drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza, seem effective against the new strain. Roche, the maker of Tamiflu, said the company is prepared to immediately deploy a stockpile of the drug if requested.
Both drugs must be taken early, within a few days of the onset of symptoms, to be most effective.
Cordoba said Mexico has enough Tamiflu to treat 1 million people, but the medicine will be strictly controlled and handed out only by doctors.
Mexico's government had maintained until late Thursday that there was nothing unusual about the flu cases, although this year's flu season had been worse and longer than past years.
The sudden turnaround by public health officials angered many Mexicans.
"They could have stopped it in time," said Araceli Cruz, 24, a university student who emerged from the subway wearing a surgical mask. "Now they've let it spread to other people."
The city was handing out free surgical masks to passengers on buses and the subway system, which carries 5 million people each day. Government workers were ordered to wear the masks, and authorities urged residents to stay home from work if they felt ill.
Closing schools across Mexico's capital of 20 million kept 6.1 million students home, as well as thousands of university students. All state and city-run cultural activities were suspended, including libraries, state-run theaters, and at least 14 museums. Private athletic clubs closed down and soccer leagues were considering canceling weekend games.
The closures were the first citywide shutdown of public gathering places since thousands died in the devastating 1985 earthquake.
Mexico's response brought to mind other major outbreaks, such as when SARS hit Asia. At its peak in 2003, Beijing shuttered schools, cinemas and restaurants, and thousands of people were quarantined at home.
In March 2008, Hong Kong ordered more than a half-million students to stay home for two weeks because of a flu outbreak. It was the first such closure in Hong Kong since the outbreak of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome.
"It's great they are taking precautions," said Lillian Molina, a teacher at the Montessori's World preschool in Mexico City, who scrubbed down empty classrooms with Clorox, soap and Lysol between fielding calls from worried parents.
U.S. health officials said the outbreak is not yet a reason for alarm in the United States. The five people sickened in California and three in Texas have all recovered.
It's unclear how the eight, who became ill between late March and mid-April, contracted the virus because none were in contact with pigs, which is how people usually catch swine flu. And only a few were in contact with each other.
CDC officials described the virus as having a unique combination of gene segments not seen before in people or pigs. The bug contains human virus, avian virus from North America and pig viruses from North America, Europe and Asia. It may be completely new, or it may have been around for a while and was only detected now through improved testing and surveillance, CDC officials said.
The most notorious flu pandemic is thought to have killed at least 40 million people worldwide in 1918-19. Two other, less deadly flu pandemics struck in 1957 and 1968.
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Associated Press Writers Maria Cheng in London; Traci Carl in Mexico City; Mike Stobbe in Atlanta, Georgia; and Malcolm Ritter in New York contributed to this report.
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Permalink Reply by Rivkah Cohen on
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Thank you for sharing this. It is a bit frightening to think of the premeditated things being done to declare martial law. And Mexico could have prevented a lot of things if they'd been responsible to give out the medicine. But US wouldn't do any better would they?
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Permalink Reply by James and Terry Hamilton on
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We could be a light to the nations IF we could get rid of the High Chair tyrants that run this country...Certainly the sheeple do not want this socialist order being shoved down our throats.
Enough wars and Bs from the terrorists of treason.
Become one voice and take it back OR get ready for a long depression and an eventual~ WW3 -
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Permalink Reply by Mrs. Sharon B. Hodge on
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Have you ever heard, "Resistance is futile." They are counting on us to have fractions of protesters that will allow them to enforce the Patriot Act of being able to arrest, kill, torture, and do whatever they please with no due process of law. And it will all be legal under this law. They have lists that are color coded that they will execute first. There are dockets of laws waiting to be passed that will make it against the law to be Christians. When G-d told me that not many Church People would survive, I broke down and cried, and then I started to pray and plead for them. I was stopped before I could even get going good and G-d said not to pray for them. The martyrs are mentions as great clouds of witness, and of course as martyrs under the throne. Many already know that they will die. I made the mistake also of trying to pray for the people of Iraq people when that war first started. I cried for the children and mothers, and so forth and tried to pray for them. I was stopped then too and was a bit dumbfounded by what G-d told me then. He said he wanted to wipe them off the face of the earth. Apparently He doesn't think much of idolaters. But if protesters do not rally to the cause when the bad things start happened, it will considerably slow down their plans which are already behind schedule. They already have alternate plans to make this happen, but we don't have to cooperate with them by protesting to kick off the arrests, and death camps. They always have that little fake terrorist card up their sleeves, but how many people do not know that they are fake? That is just collateral damages as far as the government is concerned when the blow up their own citizens in one of these fake terrorists attacks. If enough people get wise to this, it might make a huge difference.
A few years ago some not so nice Christians were calling me a fear monger when I said that I already had a safe place to go during the tribulation. They said that G-d was going to protect his people and we are not suppose to run and hit, and G-d forbid, to tell any one else about the safe places, because that is only spreading fear. Why would I be afraid if I know where to go to be safe? What is wrong with telling people that they can actually hide and be saved. These people probably think that there is going to be a rapture. There is nothing but the second coming in the scriptures, and no third coming is mentioned anywhere. However, when G-d was telling me about this, I had to shed a few tears about that also. Of course, even from G-d I have to have proof from the scriptures, and I got the proof, and was so disappointed ! I did get over it. I was the one who had to tell G-d that I wanted the TRUTH even if I didn't like it. Be careful what you ask for. -
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Actually the vaccines are laced with with 3 kinds of DNA receptors that insures that the person taking it will surely get it. It only takes one DNA receptor to catch it. The nasal flu vaccines that you can get at WalMart and different pharmacies are all laced with the receptor. These receptors create a place for the flu virus to attach itself to the cells inside our bodies, and then penetrate the cell through the receptor sites. They will be passing out vaccine like candy on Halloween. There are even drive through vaccination stations at county health offices. The government wants to force us to receive the vaccines, but we can pray against this for ourselves and our loved ones. These things are all mentioned in the Bible, about plagues. This is just the beginning.
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