CDC Monitoring Mexico Swine Flu Outbreak
Updated April 27, 2009: The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is investigating the recent outbreak of new strain of swine flu suspected of killing at least 81 people in Mexico. The CDC is now reporting 40 confirmed cases in the U.S. in California, Kansas, New York City, Ohio and Texas.
"CDC activated its Emergency Operations Center to coordinate the agency’s response to this emerging health threat and yesterday the Secretary of the Department Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, declared a public health emergency in the United States." Stated the CDC on its Swine Influenza (Flu) Information web page. "This will allow funds to be released to support the public health response."
No Travel Restrictions Yet: As of April 24, the CDC had not recommended that U.S. travelers change their plans for trips to Texas, California, but did issue an “outbreak notice” for Americans traveling to Central Mexico and Mexico City. CDC outbreak notices are intended only to inform travelers of an increased health risk due to an outbreak in a limited geographic area. While CDC did not recommend any additional precautions for travelers to California, Texas or Mexico, they did stress the importance of observing their standard recommendations for travel in outbreak areas:
- Cover your cough or your sneeze;
- wash your hands frequently; and
- see your doctor if you have fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue.
The CDC also warned that, in these most recent cases, some people have reported diarrhea and vomiting associated with the swine flu.
Swine Flu Hotline: Along with its Human Swine Influenza Investigation web page, the CDC has set up a toll-free CDC information telephone hotline at: 1-800-CDC-INFO.
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Comments
I am concerned about what is happening with this man-made “pandemic.” Please pay more attention to the very real possibility that this is a planned event – it’s not from nature, it’s not an accident! They are talking now on the news about forcing individuals to take anti-virals! Exactly what the Natural Solutions Foundation has been warning us about since last year! Please research and make it a subject to discuss in the main stream media!
“SMOKING GUN: NEW DEADLY VIRUS HAS GENE SEQUENCES NEVER SEEN BEFORE
GENES DO NOT “POP UP” OUT OF NOWHERE. WE BELIEVE THIS IS A BIOENGINEERED WEAPON.”
Some of the intentional plagues, like SARS, have fizzled miserably (or gloriously for us who do not wish to die). Avian Flu simply would not get off the ground – 64% of the chickens in Indonesia, for example, developed a gene which makes them immune to the novel, weaponized Avian Flu with which they have been injected!
The Wellcome Trust of drug giant Burroughs Wellcome/SmithKleinGlaxo recently handed out grants to figure out why the Avian Flu was NOT causing a pandemic. Highly pathogenic (disease-causing) agents went through several transmissions and, DANG!, they lost their punch so that Egyptian toddlers are, as a recent news article said, unexpectedly not dying.”
For example, several major foundations are providing significant funding to several dozen laboratories around the world that are studying the Avian Flu virus to find out how easy it might be for “terrorists” to weaponize the flu. How many such labs do you think it takes before it is inevitable that an engineered pathogen will escape? Before you answer that question, remember that just this past January, as related in the second link above, a shipment of annual flu vaccine was “accidentally” contaminated with live Avian Flu virus… nearly triggering the pandemic.
For more information: http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=2515
is Robert a republican or a democrat?
Jake: The long, long record will show that Robert, like the swine flu, is bipartisan.
Robert