Posted on 04/29/2009 10:07:29 PM PDT by penelopesire
MEXICO CITY/GENEVA, April 30 (Reuters) - Mexico's president told citizens to stay home from Friday for a five-day partial shutdown of the economy, after the World Health Organisation raised its alert level and said a swine flu pandemic was imminent.
In his first televised address since the crisis erupted last week, President Felipe Calderon told Mexicans to stay home with their families. The country will suspend non-essential work and services, including some government ministries, from May 1-5.
"There is no safer place than your own home to avoid being infected with the flu virus," Calderon said.
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Sadly, you are correct. We have watched this for decades. This just seems worse since it is a potential pandemic. I don’t trust any official to tell us the truth anymore. We are re-stocking our ‘self reliant’ supplies in our home. It’s just a matter of time before something horrible happens with Mr. Obama stearing our country to the brink of destruction on every front.
Because the soccer moms of America are hysterical that jr. may get the Hershey squirts! NEVER get between a mom and reality!
But I`d bet real money that the crappy socialized health care and lousy sanitation systems they have down there carry much of the blame for the virulence of their outbreak.For starters,look at their drinking water standards,how can your body fight off one disease when its trying to fight off so many others?
If you think about it, all the tourist spots are at the beach, and everyone who lives there lives upstream.
The 23 month old was a Mexican child who came to Texas with his family and then got sick. He had other health problems but I don’t know what they were, the child died in a Houston hospital several days ago. I don’t know anyone in Houston who is sick but several schools have closed until May 11 because of the virus.
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