In less that a weeks time, we have been given word that there is a potential virulent flu virus never before seen, born in Mexico and already impacting Americans along the border states with Mexico.
Mexico City Closes Schools Amid Swine Flu Outbreak
"We are very, very concerned," said Thomas Abraham, a spokesman for the agency. "We have what appears to be a novel virus and it has spread from human to human." If international spread is confirmed, that meets WHO's criteria for raising the pandemic alert level, he added.
And there is more....
CDC says too late to contain U.S. flu outbreak
WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it was too late to contain the swine flu outbreak in the United States.
CDC acting director Dr. Richard Besser told reporters in a telephone briefing it was likely too late to try to contain the outbreak, by vaccinating, treating or isolating people.
"There are things that we see that suggest that containment is not very likely," he said.
Having admitted that the genetics of the virus in Mexico and those infected in America are one in the same. And the CDC has already thrown in the towel and there are not plans to close the borders or even attempt containment.
Shades of the 'Andromeda Strain' IMO. This virus if reported to be a mutant virus.
New mixture of viruses in flu never seen before
The World Health Organization said tests showed the virus in 12 of the Mexican patients had the same genetic structure as a new strain of swine flu, designated H1N1, seen in eight people in California and Texas. [nLO274836]
It first looked mostly like a swine virus but closer analysis showed it is a never-before-seen mixture of swine, human and avian viruses, according to the CDC. [nN24420522].
"We do not have enough information to fully assess the health threat posed by this new swine flu virus," Besser said.
The media and the ecology nuts have been foaming at the mouth over the potential for a pandemic virus striking mankind like the 1918 pandemic that killed millions.
They may have just gotten their wish.
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This could be very bad.
This is quickly becoming the lead story reported globally. There is a collective fear rising in people all over the world as they hear of this potential pandemic.
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