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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
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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
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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
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30 Apr 2009 09:36

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Offbeat, World: This is the best worst quote in the history of ever

  • I’m not saying Susan Boyle caused swine flu. I’m just saying that nobody had swine flu, she sang on TV, people got swine flu.
  • British parliament member Sion Simon • Who said this quote on Twitter, by the way. It’s like three of the biggest news trends came together in a single moment to elicit a laugh from some and horror from others. May we venture to say he regrets saying this? • source
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30 Apr 2009 09:17

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U.S., World: World Health Organization: We’ll get the answers

  • It really is all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic. We do not have all the answers right now, but we will get them.
  • WHO Director-General Margaret Chan • On yesterday’s Phase 5 alert, the second-highest one. We certainly hope they get the answers. Regarding Mexico’s status, part of what caused the high number of deaths is a general distrust of the health care system by the public, along with misdiagnosis of some cases. Part of what helps prevent the most serious effects of the disease is early, rapid treatment. • source
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30 Apr 2009 08:40

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Tech, World: Curious about the Swine Flu outbreak? Google has you covered.

Google Flu, around since last year, has been modified to offer information about swine flu cases in Mexico. source
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29 Apr 2009 10:16

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U.S., World: Five quick facts on swine flu that you should know

  • The swine flu virus was first isolated in 1930; this is not a new type of virus. source
  • The virus transferred from pigs to humans because it mutated. source
  • You can’t get swine flu from eating cooked pork or handling uncooked pork. source
  • Swine flu symptoms are essentially the same as regular flu strains. source
  • The last outbreak of swine flu happened in 1976. One died. 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. 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 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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