Stay Home For Flu Shutdown, Mexico President Urges (May 1-5)

[Purveyor]

MEXICO CITY, April 29 (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon urged Mexicans on Wednesday to stay at home with their families during a partial shutdown of the economy from May 1-5 aimed at slowing the spread of a deadly swine flu.

Calderon was making his first television address to the Mexican people since the flu crisis broke last week. Mexico will suspend non-essential work and services, including some government ministries and private businesses, for five days starting on Friday, May 1. (Reporting by Jason Lange and Catherine Bremer; Editing by Doina Chiacu)

REUTERS: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N29471597.htm

[ORDagnabbit]

1. the economic impact of this for mexico will be huge

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Yep and some round these parts will go there too

why I said earlier in a threat looking at the bigger picture, recover, we knew ye well

[imdjh]

4. or convenient

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I dont' think the flu is a plot, but in a time when many large employers in the US are trying to get workers to take unpaid days off, it's not hard to imagine that in Mexico a system wide shutdown (except perhaps in Tourism) would be beneficial in an economy where more of the earned dollar goes to essentials which will be purchased anyway.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Yes that is pretty wild

what he is doing is actually a late stage in the plan to try to stop this

Yes, there is a plan, and the tourism industry is already on shut down mode

Restaurants are closed, for example

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. My dad will go absolutely NUTS

Don't ask, will have to call parents to see how cabin fever sets in

[Lena inRI]

5. A D I O S . . .

. . .

CINCO DE MAYO. . .

:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:

[bottomtheweaver]

6. And International Workers' Day, May 1.

"nternational Workers' Day (a name used interchangeably with May Day) is a celebration of the social and economic achievements of the international labor movement. May Day commonly sees organized street demonstrations and street marches by millions of working people and their labour unions throughout most of the countries of the world — though, as noted below, rarely in the United States and Canada."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers'_Day

And this year, Mexico.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Cancelled yesterday

Hey no parade! I am not sure the troops rather march down, or hand out masks

[Berry Cool]

9. Get ready to celebrate Cinco de Swine-O

indoors, with respirator masks.