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05 May 2009 10:01

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World: Mexico’s swine flu fears seem to be easing up a bit

  • PANIC!!! Close the schools, close the movie theaters and everything else so that we can hold back swine flu! source
  • OK, we think we’ve seen the worst of it. We’ll open everything back up Wednesday. Fingers crossed guys. source

03 May 2009 20:28

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Politics, World: Dear Egyptian officials: You’re overreacting on swine flu

First, Egypt’s like, kill every pig. Now they’re like, forcibly take the pigs away, despite the fact that they won’t get people sick. WTF? source

03 May 2009 09:41

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U.S., World: Pigs infected with H1N1: It’s like an infinite loop of swine flu

  • The Alberta farmer recently left Mexico. Canadian officials are quarantining a bunch of pigs testing positive for swine flu after a farmer apparently gave H1N1 to them. In case you’re wondering, this does not make eating pork dangerous. If they have swine flu, it will not get you sick. So don’t freak out. source

02 May 2009 12:03

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World: Mexico’s swine flu outbreak isn’t looking quite so bad

  • Apparently the rate of infection is not as widespread as we might have thought.
  • Mexico health minister José Ángel Córdova • On the swine flu (OK, H1N1) outbreak in Mexico. Despite claims that the virus affected over 900 people in Mexico, just 397 of them actually happened to have the virus. As noted previously, Mexican officials remain cautiously optimistic that the outbreak is slowing in their country. • source

01 May 2009 19:39

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U.S., World: The swine flu vaccine will come out soon, but … not right away

  • The reality is that from the time the potentially pandemic virus is identified, it takes between four and six months to have the first doses of vaccine coming out of the factory and being available for immunizing people.
  • Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny • WHO director of the Initiative for Vaccine Research, on the process of getting a vaccine out to the public. It’s not the quickest process in the world, but they’re already ahead of the game in one respect – they have the virus identified, which is a major step in production. In other news, the H1N1 outbreak (we still hate that name BTW – it’s not that we don’t think there should be another name, but it’s very clinical) seems to be flagging to some degree in Mexico City, which is positive. • source

30 Apr 2009 20:42

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U.S., World: The new name for swine flu sucks worse than Vanilla Ice

  • H1N1 whatever WHO dudes, it’s still swine flu source