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30 Apr 2009 21:13

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Biz, U.S.: OK, so someone doesn’t like the name “swine flu.”

  • The real issue is that anything is bad now because producers for the past 19 months have already lost money. On average they’ve lost about $20 a pig. So even if they lose $2 more, it’s hard on them.
  • Dave Warner • Communications director for the National Pork Producers Council, on how the “inaccurate” name for the flu strain, swine flu, has already hurt their industry. Swine flu, they say, is a combination of swine and human flu strains that you can’t get through eating pork. WHO has heard their criticism and changed the name to H1N1, but it’s terrible. So whatever. • source
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29 Apr 2009 10:00

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U.S.: More optimistic numbers: The swine flu outbreak in the U.S.

  • 64 confirmed human cases of swine flu in the U.S.
  • one poor little baby in Texas died of swine flu :( source
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28 Apr 2009 21:10

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U.S.: Swine flu gets headlines, but regular flu kills more people

  • 150 people have died of swine flu since the outbreak began this week
  • 36,000 people die from influenza yearly in the U.S. – hundreds per week source
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28 Apr 2009 20:33

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World: Meet the unlucky kid who got swine flu first

Edgar Hernandez, 4, was victim No. 1 of the outbreak. He’s OK now; he just (unintentionally) got everyone else sick. source
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28 Apr 2009 08:45

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U.S., World: The swine flu death toll has risen significantly

  • 152 deaths have been reported, all of them in Mexico source
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27 Apr 2009 01:51

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Politics, Tech: Swine flu + panic + Twitter = PANIC!!!!!! (And why this is bad)

  • … having millions of people wrap up all their fears into 140 characters and blurt them out in the public might have some dangerous consequences, networked panic being one of them.
  • Foreign Policy columnist Evgeny Morozov • Discussing the danger of Twitter apparent in many posts about the swine flu scare – that being the effect of a bunch of people writing on mere emotion, because that’s all they have space for, and they’re all unnecessarily freaking out. • source
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24 Apr 2009 19:09

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U.S., World: In Mexico, swine flu is not funny. In fact, it’s scary.

School’s been cancelled. People have been told to stay away from places with lots of people. Panic has set in. *deep breath* source
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28 Feb 2009 09:55

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World: Robert Mugabe: Partying while there’s a cholera epidemic

  • $250,000 was raised for a birthday bash today in honor of the Zimbabwean president’s big 8-5. Probably not in Zimbabwean dollars.
  • 100 beasts will be killed for the feast, all while prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai is actually handling the cholera crisis. source
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