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[Texas Governor] Perry Requests Antiviral Medications From CDC (for possible Swine Flu "Pandemic")
KWTX-TV ^ | April 25, 2009

Posted on 04/25/2009 1:09:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Gov. Rick Perry Saturday asked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 37,430 courses of antiviral medications from the Strategic National Stockpile as a precaution after three cases of swine flu were confirmed in Texas.

The medication will be available for treatment of those with confirmed or suspected cases of swine flu as well as for healthcare providers who may come into contact with the patients, Perry said.

All three of the Texas cases involved high school students from the same school in Guadalupe County.

The first two became ill in early April and on Thursday test results confirmed both had swine flu.

The third student became ill until this past week.

Lab results are pending, Perry said.

There is no apparent direct connection between the first two students and the third, Perry said.

All three have recovered, Perry said.

Also, a 10-year-old California boy traveled to the state through Dallas before he was diagnosed with the strain.

The Department of State Health Services, however, says other cases may have gone undiagnosed.

DSHS has contacted other students from the school since April 11 and has determined that eight students were absent because of flu-like illnesses.

"There is a reasonable chance that the current swine flu situation will not expand," DSHS Commissioner David Lakey said.

"However, we must take prudent steps to ensure the state is prepared if it does.

“In addition to the antiviral medications previously purchased by the state, these additional medications will be available for the state as appropriate to prevent further spread of the virus,” he said.

Symptoms of swine flu, which are similar to those of seasonal flu, include fever, fatigue, lack of appetite and coughing, and in some cases runny noses, sore throats, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan says the outbreak involves "an animal strain of the H1N1 virus, and it has pandemic potential."

The CDC says two flu drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza, seem effective against the new strain.

Drug-maker Roche says the company is prepared to quickly deploy its drug stockpile if requested.

As many as 68 people may have died of swine flu in Mexico, although the strain has been confirmed in just 20 of the deaths.

More than a thousand others are sick.

Mexico City is suspending all public events for 10 days as officials try to contain the outbreak.

WHO Human Swine Influenza Site http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html

CDC Human Swine Flu Investigation Site http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/investigation.htm


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; bhocdc; disease; flu; influenza; mexicanflu; mexicanswineflu; mexico; outbreak; pandemic; rickperry; swineflu
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I don't think he'd scare everybody for no good reason.
1 posted on 04/25/2009 1:09:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Where’s FEMA???

0bama hates white people!!


2 posted on 04/25/2009 1:10:50 PM PDT by Perdogg (University of North Carolina - 2009 NCAA basketball champs)
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CNN- 2 confirmed cases swine flu in Kansas.
4 posted on 04/25/2009 1:23:07 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: Perdogg

Rahm and Obama are laughing about this... Never Let a good Pandemic go to waste....

Watch how they twist this into a Government grab at health care. America is done... time to move to Australia.


5 posted on 04/25/2009 1:24:25 PM PDT by Typical_Whitey (Hey Obama, the world loved Bill Clinton too, but radical muslims still attacked us.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wonder why 37,430 courses. Why not 50k or 500k?


6 posted on 04/25/2009 1:29:59 PM PDT by blam
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I don't think he'd scare everybody for no good reason.

Sure he would. That's the tactic he used when he wanted to legislate mandatory venereal-disease vaccinations for our 12-year old daughters - who're apparently all sluts.

Perry is a power-hungry dictator-wannabe. We need to keep him armed for and focused on battling the federal government for power. Should he win that fight, we'll have a much easier time reigning in a local strongman than an army of 548 of 'em in Washington.
7 posted on 04/25/2009 1:30:30 PM PDT by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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To: LearsFool

Make that “545”. :-)


8 posted on 04/25/2009 1:32:15 PM PDT by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; ...

‘Nother Flu Ping...


9 posted on 04/25/2009 1:33:54 PM PDT by HiJinx (~ Support Our Troops ~ www.AmericaSupportsYou.mil ~)
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School to Close, Other Flu Precautions Recommended

"The Texas Department of State Health Services announced today that Byron Steele High School in Cibolo will temporarily close effective immediately as public health and school officials work to keep swine influenza from spreading.

Swine flu was confirmed earlier this month in two students from the school, and a third student is listed as a probable case with confirmatory lab test results pending. The original two have recovered, and the third is recovering. The school is part of the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District in Guadalupe County near San Antonio."..............
10 posted on 04/25/2009 1:39:01 PM PDT by Girlene
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Didn’t I just see the tail end of a press conference about a flu outbreak in NEW YORK??? Fox news around 4:30 pm or so.


11 posted on 04/25/2009 1:44:01 PM PDT by Fishtalk (The Messiah's Secret Plan to Stimulate Economy: Make Democrats Pay Their Taxes!)
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The CDC says two flu drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza, seem effective against the new strain.

Can't have them until national health care is accepted and passed however.

12 posted on 04/25/2009 1:44:26 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, Question everyone else)
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“Perry is a power-hungry dictator-wannabe.”

Perhaps, but he has good record on 2nd Amendment issues. He's signed numerous bills and will sign some more this session.

Yes, he is mostly a RINO and is weak on illegal immigration, but he could be worse.... can you say KBH?

13 posted on 04/25/2009 1:45:51 PM PDT by nralife (Sarah doesn't know it's a damn show! She thinks it's a damn fight!)
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To: Typical_Whitey

Australia’s done, too.

I’m considering Panama.


14 posted on 04/25/2009 1:47:56 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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To: Fishtalk

I think they are still trying to figure out if this NY thing is related at all. It’s not definite at this point. Samples have been sent to CDC.


15 posted on 04/25/2009 1:48:20 PM PDT by Girlene
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Isn’t this the same governor who wants to secede from the US ? Shouldn’t the great state of Texas be able to resolve this problem ?


16 posted on 04/25/2009 1:50:29 PM PDT by mrmeangenes
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NBC just cut into their coverage of the NHL Playoffs concerning the confirmation of swine flu in NYC and Kansas.


17 posted on 04/25/2009 1:56:45 PM PDT by frankiep (Ron Paul was right)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
So how long will it continue to be just ducky with the Obamapods that we continue to allow droves of sick people into this country?

Damn these Washington bloodsuckers.

18 posted on 04/25/2009 2:04:15 PM PDT by truthkeeper (Take me back to Black-and-White.)
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Never Let a good Pandemic go to waste....

This only problem will be figuring out how this is Bush's fault.

19 posted on 04/25/2009 2:20:30 PM PDT by Bearshouse
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To: frankiep

This tracker needs to be updated with Kansas report at the moment, but it is a good visual representation of the outbreak on Google Maps:

H1N1 Swine Flu -- on Google Maps

20 posted on 04/25/2009 2:24:17 PM PDT by BP2 (I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
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