Mexico influenza is a new virus

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25 Apr 2009, 11:19 am

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090424/ts_nm/us_flu

the World Health Organization warned that the virus had "pandemic potential."
it's like a new mix of aviary flu plus swine flu
in Mexico city (capital of the country) schools are closed, offices closed, museums, any place where people are in groups.
"The last flu pandemic was in 1968 when "Hong Kong" flu killed about a million people globally."

Google Map of the spread of influenza in the world:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8& ... 935547&z=5

Map of cases in Mexico:
http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/7668/dibujoliz.png
Deceases in parenthesis

[April 26]
Schools will be closed in the country capital for 15 days
[April 26]
(morning) USA gov/CDC declares an alert
[April 26]
Six more states in Mexico confirm flu cases
[April 26]
Seventeen states (a third of the total) have detected cases of the flu.
[April 26]
Schools will be closed in at least three of the main cities for 15 days.
[April 27]
No school classes in the whole country.
Spain: 26 cases suspected, 1 confirmed.
"Patient Zero" Identified in Mexican Flu Outbreak?

very informative daily timelines:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/ap ... k-timeline
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8021547.stm

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25 Apr 2009, 3:01 pm

jeez buddy i hope you stay safe down thurr.

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25 Apr 2009, 4:38 pm

I'll party like it's 1999 'til doomsday :jester: :dj:

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26 Apr 2009, 10:26 am

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26 Apr 2009, 8:06 pm

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26 Apr 2009, 9:19 pm

I was sick last week, maybe it was influenza. I'm better now.

My aunt and cousins live in Mexico city, some of them are feeling bad. I'm worried.

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27 Apr 2009, 10:37 am

take care Saxen, will there be classes in your place?

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27 Apr 2009, 12:26 pm

I am not going to let the news scare me.

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27 Apr 2009, 1:54 pm

update:
Classes suspended in the whole country, at all levels, in both private and public schools, from today to may 6.

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27 Apr 2009, 2:29 pm

We only had 6 confirmed cases here in Canada, we had a SAR's
outbreak here but this has the potential to be much bigger.
Computerlove, are influenza vaccinations common in Mexico?

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27 Apr 2009, 2:55 pm

there was a recent vaccination campaign for kids and the elder/eldest, that's why it hasn't affected them.

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27 Apr 2009, 3:14 pm

is there any drugs for this one as in shots? even finland is far away u can never be too sure, take care

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27 Apr 2009, 4:31 pm

AFAIK shots are the only thing that works in most cases.

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While these drugs are not cures, they can reduce the severity of the infection and help limit its spread while a vaccine is developed.

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