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last hour April 27th 2009

http://www.cdc.gov/SwineFlu/

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html…

Even as Mexican officials urged those with flu symptoms to seek medical help, some complained of being turned away.

In Toluca, a city west of the capital, one family said health authorities refused to treat a relative Sunday who had full-blown flu symptoms and could barely stand. The man, 31-year-old truck driver Elias Camacho, was even ordered out of a government ambulance, his father-in-law said.

Paramedics said Camacho — who had a fever, was coughing and had body aches — was contagious, Jorge Martinez Cruz said.

Family members took him by taxi to a public hospital, but a doctor there denied Camacho was sick and told the trio to leave, Martinez said.

“The government told us that if we have these symptoms, we should go to these places, but look how they treat us,” Martinez said. Camacho was finally admitted to the hospital — and placed in an area marked “restricted” — after a doctor at a private clinic notified state health authorities, Martinez said.

But already, Mexicans were questioning the government’s image of a country that has the crisis under control.

“Nobody believes the government anymore,” said Edgar Rocha, a 28-year-old office messenger. He said the lack of information is sowing distrust: “You haven’t seen a single interview with the sick!”

The political consequences could be serious. China was criticized during the SARS outbreak for failing to release details about the disease, feeding rumors and fear. And Mexico’s failed response to a 1985 earthquake is largely credited with the demise of the party that had ruled the country since the 1920s.

“That is foremost in the minds of Mexican policymakers now,” said George Grayson at the College of William & Mary in Virginia. “They’re thinking, ‘We don’t want another ’85.’ “


The swine influenza A (H1N1) virus is susceptible to the prescription antiviral drugs oseltamivir and zanamivir. This is a rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide updated guidance and new information as it becomes available.

Swine Flu

Mexico 103 dead .

http://www.glennbeck.com/co…

since this is not containable. as the situation in Mexico gets worse . porous boarders will hasten the effect of moving this flu north .

my comment is spot on ..

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from the CDC:
Outbreaks in Mexico
Most reported disease and outbreaks are reported from central Mexico, but outbreaks and severe respiratory disease cases also have been reported from states along the U.S.-Mexico border. None of the U.S. patients traveled to Mexico within 7 days of the onset of their illness.
——-read that last line there…
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I said illegals. This country is being exposed to diseases from lots of countries, especially south of the border, other countries don’t immunize their citizens like we do, especially their kids. It’s a huge problem and needs to be addressed without this “racism” yelp that people revert to when it has to be addressed before we all end up with a major pandemic, if we don’t do something about immunization of legal and illegal immigrants..

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that is exactly one of the main reasons people want illegal immigration addressed; our citizen’s health can be put in jeopardy by nations who don’t immunize their people. Do you find something wrong with that? Do you know of children or the elderly who can die from exposure to diseases that could have been stopped at the border? Is it “racist” to protect your own kids lives? and in this case it’s people aged 25 to 50 that are most susceptible .
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and yes i believe if you break the law you should pay the penalty even if that means death.

if a person is threatened and feels obligated to protect his life, his families life and his property . then yes ,. shot on site IS an option.

if you break the law capital punishment should be an option if the punishment fits the crime . slaps on the wrist deter nothing. accountability for your actions does .