Folks, this is potentially very serious because of the nature of the bug.
It’s an off-season bug and it seems to be killing people in the 25-45 bracket, like the Spanish Flu.
The other problem is that it’s spreading damned fast. It’s actually kind of fascinating to watch.
With the speed of modern transportation, it’s probably already all across the globe. I did notice on a map I saw this morning that it is concentrated not only in Mexico City and the center of the country (although there is a hot spot there), but in Southern Mexico near the tourist areas. This is where the NY kids picked it up, and probably where the Europeans got it, too. I wonder if it may be where the people in Mexico City contracted it. These people are not impoverished Mexican slum dwellers, but include upper middle class folks such as the head of the Anthropological Museum, who might be likely to vacation on or visit the Gulf.
I suppose it’s also possible that it entered through the resort area (there’s European swine virus in the mix), although it seemed to be really heavy around the Guatemala border, and perhaps it actually came from further south in Latin America. This is all based on a map that I saw this morning that had the infected areas highlighted in red.
Folks, this is potentially very serious because of the nature of the bug.
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I understand this BUT it is the WHAT IF’S that are moving the masses with FEAR. Remember..the we are all gonna die if we don’t bail out.....?????
Why do the same tactics keep working? There is nothing we can do but wait to see what this bug does do...not freak about what it can do..which at this point is mere speculation.
News conference on Fox News right now...
Here’s a rather good article (and yes it’s from Huffington):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/swine-flu-outbreak——nat_b_191408.html