SIGNIFICANT INCREASED RISK OF PANDEMIC, BUT NOT FOREGONE CONCLUSION--SIREN ALERT ON DRUDGE

DRUDGE ^

[pillut48]

No story/source yet--is this about Mexico? Or America? Or is it a global warning??

Whatever it might be, it seems the military may be taking over the streets before too long, using this sudden 'pandemic' as an excuse?!

[tiki]

Brit Hume thought it was much ado and made the comment that it seemed like something to distract.

[My Favorite Headache]

Might be a way for Obama to rush through his HHS Secretary nominee...since they are urgently pushing that there is nobody there in the seat doing anything.

Which is false...the old Bush people are still in the HHS offices.

[Polarik]

I really wish they’d call it something more descriptive, or different something like perhaps; Mexican Avian/Swine Flu or something (to denote the first appearance and highest concentration, and seemingly highest fatality rate’s geographic location, as well as including the Avian signifier to differentiate between the naturally occurring Swine Flu Viruses that are NOT capable of Human-Human transmission, and are common among people who have close contact with live infected pigs for whatever reason, and this particular Virus.

THEY NEED TO CALL IT WHAT IT IS: A genetically-engineered retrovirus or RNA virus that was created in a lab by combining human influenza, avian flu, and swine flu.

[freebird5850]

Never thought of that, your reply does have weight.

[StolarStorm]

What makes you think that???

[TMA62]

I think that this incident along with our high unemployment numbers, will kill any chances in the dems/rinos in passing amnesty.

There is a silver lining in every cloud.

[tc45a]

FNC just reported that the threat has been upped to level 4 with the worst being level 6.

Wonder how much they are not telling us.

[Quix]

Well put.

Thanks.

ALSO BREATHING 6-8 SECONDS IN AND 6-8 SECONDS OUT FOR 30-90 SECONDS WILL CALM YOU DOWN.

Doesn’t have to be deep . . . just slow. Changes the chemistry in your brain toward relaxation.

Relaxation and anxiety are opposites.

[ichabod1]

As far as that goes, they would never have IMAGEINED that anyone would hijck three planes and run them into buildings.

[ichabod1]

I’m calling this Manbirdpig flu.

[Yankee]

I’m calling bullshit on the whole phony story.

Just more more excuse for the Internationalist cabal to increase their power.

[ichabod1]

Because they’re reporting 1600 cases and 100 deaths. That’s clearly an under-reporting, trying to keep people clam. But it’s very stupid, because if that were true it would mean that manbirdpig as a 6.25 mortality rate. 1918 Spanish flu had 2.5%, worst the world has ever seen. A rate of 1% would mean there are 10,000 cases. So, the only thing we can know about the numbers is that what we’re getting isn’t true.

[plain talk]

in the 1970’s they prepared us for almost two years for a Swine Flu pandemic that never came (and for which the vaccine killed far more than the flu).

which is why they need to be careful. Anytime you innoculate large numbers of people there will be a small percentage that will have an adverse reaction and die. The media will advertize the dozens that die and the public not understanding this will panic and not take the shots.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237554/posts

Just sayin’

[DvdMom]

U.S. Slow to Learn of Mexico Flu
Canadian Officials Knew of Rare Strain Before Americans Did

By David Brown

Sunday, April 26, 2009

U.S. public health officials did not know about a growing outbreak of swine flu in Mexico until nearly a week after that country started invoking protective measures, and didn’t learn that the deaths were caused by a rare strain of the influenza until after Canadian officials did.

Good time line for mexico at link...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/25/AR2009042501335.html

[LibertyRocks]

I agree, I can't logically understand how something could've mutated so quickly - espeically with the wide geographic range of the strains - and combined and in the process made the jump from animal-to-human, to human-to-human transmission so quickly either. I'd honestly LOVE for someone to prove me wrong in my understanding of how viruses can mutate, and how this could've happened besides the cliche of some geneticist screwing around in some lab somewhere... [Well, to be completely honest either that or GOD. -- just saying...]

As for what we should call this disease, I thought the following made a lot of sense...

My 17-year-old daughter [FReeper Izzy_Box] suggested a "short" name for this new flu would be the "CHIMERA FLU".

I think it's short, "catchy" (no pun intended), and correctly identifies is as a genetically altered virus that combines at LEAST 4 different known viruses, and can be transferred from human-to-human.

Just some suggestions to share...

One more thing... I read early yesterday when I started reading some of these articles a post that said one of the first identified victims of this disease that died was a Pakistani (can't remember if he was a tourist, or lived there, or what...). That could mean something, or nothing, but if anyone knows the article or post I'm talking about, could they send me, or post the link to it, please? :)

[FromLori]

The who just raised the alert level and mexico’s response well this will continue to spread...

http://bluelori.blogspot.com/2009/04/who-has-raised-altert-to-4.html

[Smokin' Joe]

Level 6 allows them to confiscate firearms I'll bet.

From my cold dead hands, perhaps...

[Smokin' Joe]

ping...

[vigilante2]

No need to worry, the government will soon have it under control!