That's fewer Americans than are killed on our roads and highways.
And that's WITHOUT Ted Kennedy driving.
“That’s fewer Americans than are killed on our roads and highways.”
...and less than 10% of the abortions in the US/year.
Years ago, the air in Mexico DF was dubbed ‘la mierda’ because of the pollution and poor sanitation control, combined with all the people squeezed in with each other. The poor were picking through garbage for food & stuff from the great heaps on the outskirts of the city.
Wikianswers has the 2008 metro population at 19.5 million +/- persons, but the City itself is estimated to hold about 8.8 million.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_population_of_Mexico_City_in_2008
The situation makes for a lot of things, including a danger of illness, at least part of which is a result of the state of health care or lack of it. There may well be a real health danger there from this flu, as there would be among the poor anywhere; 3rd world poor though takes a person’s breath away, even in a corrupt country.
It’s not the same flu.