They’re talking about the likelihood of quarantining Egypt - google translation.
Experts: Quarantine on Egypt from the virus would travel ban and curfew for all even President
25/Apr/09
Renewed state of anxiety and fear after the death of 25 because of the situation of avian flu, and a number injured to 68 cases, and the lack of effective ways to cope with the disease, especially after the announcement of producers to 90% of birds, including non-compliant conditions, and to provide MP, Dr. Hamdi Hassan requested briefing
In which he referred to the possibility of a ban on the health of Egypt, due to increased rates of deaths and injuries, explaining that the imposition of quarantine would be forced to Egypt under the International Health Regulations, which was signed by Egypt, began implementation in July 2007, pointing out that it may continue to 6 months
Dr. Hamdi Hassan told «Egyptian today»: The mortality rates and the diversity of ages of infected places Egypt in real danger, particularly as the state is facing the most serious episodes of mutation of the virus transmission to a pig farm, where the pregnant pig of the virus is transmitted to humans and again,.
When asked why those responsible for the establishment of pig farms in downtown Cairo Ojabony they find critical to remove those farms where the food is a special pig Copts, despite the fact that the epidemic, when Egypt would not sweep the distinction between Muslim and Christian,
When extended to the whole world religions will not be considered infected and quarantine will travel curfew, ports, and individuals, so the president will not be able to leave the country and the situation will become very dangerous to Egypt, we import the Iozay 80% of our goods,
This means that Egypt would be in danger of «starvation» along with the epidemic in light of the deteriorating economic conditions, have reached the stage where the dumping of relief aid to us from the aircraft. Said Dr. Hadi Mesbah, Consultant and Immunology Fellow, medical analysis, and the American Academy of immunity,: «the virus will mutate from animals to humans is coming to be a danger to other rights, especially the influenza transmitted through droplets,
With the surge in the virus that is expected to impose a ban on a medical for a period ranging between 3 and 6 months for the manufacture of a vaccine that is suitable to reduce the epidemic and the estimated number of deaths and then about 11 million people, it will be the status of the epidemic, including the lion’s share,
The lamp: “We do not have the scientific potential of the manufacturing or financial means to import, noting that Egypt was involved, when the epidemic will result in disaster because of the large numbers of injured to the extent that hospitals are unable, in addition to the increase in mortality and the lack of places for burial in health could threaten the more pandemics, the by the possibility that Egypt is suffering from famine due to a lack of strategic reserves of commodities and energy ».
Dr. Hamdi Al-Sayyed, head of the Health Committee in the People that the quarantine would be imposed if the virus will mutate from birds to humans, he said: the likelihood of mutation, however, are significantly, but if there would be a very large disaster to humanity as a whole, to prevent the transition of all transport , and the closure of ports, especially as the virus spread in the air, and it is not possible to predict more bans or Tbayate, especially in the absence of something like this since 1919 when the epidemic of influenza caused the death of 20 million people ».
Al-Masry Al-Youm
Grist’s Tom Philpott reports:
On Friday, the U.S. disease-tracking blog Biosurveillance published a timeline of the outbreak containing this nugget, dated April 6 (major tip of the hat to Paula Hay, who alerted me to the Smithfield link on the Comfood listserv and has written about it on her blog, Peak Oil Entrepreneur):
Residents [of Perote] believed the outbreak had been caused by contamination from pig breeding farms located in the area. They believed that the farms, operated by Granjas Carroll, polluted the atmosphere and local water bodies, which in turn led to the disease outbreak. According to residents, the company denied responsibility for the outbreak and attributed the cases to “flu.” However, a municipal health official stated that preliminary investigations indicated that the disease vector was a type of fly that reproduces in pig waste and that the outbreak was linked to the pig farms.
The real kicker? Thus far, the possible connection to Smithfield’s Mexican operation (Granjas Carroll, above) has not been reported in the U.S. news media.
But it’s all over the Mexican media. The stories tell of giant cess pools of improperly treated pig waste creating massive air and water pollution and a breeding ground for virulent pathogens. “Clouds of flies” swarm over the waste and are the most likely carriers of this new and deadly disease. Now 30% of the area residents around the operation are infected with this new swine flu, and residents are demanding the Mexican government examine Smithfield’s Mexican hog operations as a potential culprit.
The Mexican government’s response? Silence.
Why does this scare me?
Because although a bit more regulated, our factory hog farms are no less pristine. Just last year the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm and Animal Production warned of emerging forms of avian-swine-human influenza viruses here in the U.S.
Baxter International has already announced (yday) they are making swine flu vax.
hmmm...Copts/Christians to blame?