Mexico’s Calderon Declares Emergency Amid Swine Flu Outbreak

[B2G]

Source: Bloomberg.cm

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Obama’s Visit

The first case was seen in Mexico on April 13. The outbreak coincided with the President Barack Obama’s trip to Mexico City on April 16. Obama was received at Mexico’s anthropology museum in Mexico City by Felipe Solis, a distinguished archeologist who died the following day from symptoms similar to flu, Reforma newspaper reported. The newspaper didn’t confirm if Solis had swine flu or not.



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[a la izquierda]

1. Pobre México...

This is a nightmare. I can´t believe Felipe Solis died :(
I spend tons of time in Mexico and I'm concerned for my friends down there, three of whom have had nasty coughs and the like for the past few days...

I await my mom's phone call as to whether she should cancel her trip to the Yucatan.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

3. Hugs for

you and your friends :hug:
If I were Mom I would cancel, if she's on a boat or a plane and that thing gets loose...
I had not heard of Felipe Solis, I will look up his work
RIP Senor Solis :(

[jwirr]

7. My daughter is in Cancun for the next 12 days. How widespread is

this epidemic?

[dflprincess]

10. The local news did interviews with people arriving back from Cancun today

They had been told the flu hadn't reached the coast.

[jwirr]

13. Thank you. But as usual we need to ask: can we trust them? I read

that some of the businesses are worried about how this is going to effect tourism. That is the most frequent reason for suppressing info. I would hope that our embassy is not involved in any cover ups though because this could also effect us.

[mr11]

11. I think she should....

cancel it just to be on the safe side (right now who knows if you are on the safe side there are some cases in U.S as well). Hopefully everyone takes care of themselves in Mexico City and other regions. Also, that everyone and everything gets better soon. :)

[stubtoe]

2. I'm glad he's taking decisive action while they try to get a handle on what's up with this.

Good for Calderon.

[sam sarrha]

5. "It's clear that this is widespread. And that is why we have let you know that we cannot contain the

spread of this virus,” Reuters quoted the CDC’s Dr. Anne Schuchat.

[sam sarrha]

4. the first cases were before march.. what else did they lie about

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8474211
Mexican soldiers and health workers patrolled airports and bus stations as they tried to corral people who may be infected with the swine flu, as it became clearer that the government may have been slow to respond to the outbreak in March and early April. ..snip"

it crossed the boarder march 9th.. 2 children in San Diego

...It is clear that this is widespread. And that is why we have let you know that we cannot contain the spread of this virus,” Reuters quoted the CDC’s Dr. Anne Schuchat.

[rainbow4321]

14. The guy in Canada was hospitalized after returning from Mexico on 3/22

Given the incubation period they are reporting, 2 to 9 days, you're looking at a (earliest date) 3/13 exposure.


His family said we had gone/was admitted to the hospital with respiratory symptoms.

[sam sarrha]

15. the 10 year old girl in san diego ca was diagnosed 3-9-09

[Earth_First]

6. Aren't there several reprted cases in south Texas & California?

I hope that this is being taken serious by authorities in those locations.

I'm off to google...

[Lena inRI]

8. Some better details in San Diego Union-Tribune. . .

Kansas health officials said Saturday they had confirmed swine flu in a married couple living in the central part of the state after the husband visited Mexico. The couple, who live in Dickinson County, were not hospitalized, and the state described their illnesses as mild.

Dr. Jason Eberhart-Phillips, the state health officer, said, "Fortunately, the man and woman understand the gravity of the situation and are very willing to isolate themselves."

The man traveled to Mexico last week for a professional conference and became ill after he returned home. His wife became ill later. Their doctor suspected swine flu, but it wasn't confirmed until flu specimens were flown to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
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At least nine swine flu cases have been reported in California and Texas. The new California case, the seventh there, was a 35-year-old Imperial County woman who was hospitalized but recovered. The woman, whose illness began in early April, had no known contact with the other cases.

The 11 U.S. swine flu victims range in age from 9 to over 50. All recovered or are recovering; at least two were hospitalized.
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New York health officials said more than 100 students at the private St. Francis Preparatory School, in Queens, had come down with a fever, sore throat and other aches and pains in the past few days. Some of their relatives also have been ill.

New York City Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden said nose and throat swabs had confirmed that eight students had a non-human strain of influenza type A, indicating probable cases of swine flu, but the exact subtypes were still unknown.

Samples had been sent to the CDC for more testing. Results were expected Sunday.

Parent Elaine Caporaso's 18-year-old son Eddie, a senior at the school, had a fever and cough and went to a hospital where a screening center had been set up.

"I don't know if there is an incubation period, if I am contaminated," Caporaso told the Daily News. "I don't want my family to get sick, and I don't want to get anybody else sick."

The symptoms in the New York cases have all been mild, Frieden said, but the illnesses have caused concern because of the deadly outbreak in Mexico.

Frieden said that if the CDC confirms that the students have swine flu, he will likely recommend that St. Francis Preparatory remain closed on Monday "out of an abundance of caution."

"You could say, 'All you've got is a lot of kids with mild illness. Why close a school?'" Frieden said.

One factor, he said, is that the illness appears to be moving efficiently from person to person, affecting as many as 100 to 200 people in a student body of 2,700.

"We're very concerned about what may happen," he said, although he noted that the pattern of illness appeared different from in Mexico, where much larger groups of people have become much sicker. Overall, flu cases have been declining in the city in recent weeks, he said.

"If we were to see, as they have in Mexico City, a large number of people becoming seriously ill with flu, that would be a very different situation from what we have now," he said.
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The city health department has asked doctors to be extra vigilant in the coming days and test any patients who have flu-like symptoms and have traveled recently to California, Texas or Mexico.
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There goes any Cinco de Mayo celebrating this year. Take care, everybody !

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/apr/25/us-swine-flu-states-042509/?california&zIndex=88707

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[Skink]

9. On the local news in Texas tonight the city with the two cases..

seems to be in a voluntary quarantine. The school is closed, streets are deserted. So tonights news casters thought that was great but then at the same time were urging everyone to attend Fiesta in downtown San Antonio. Which is our version of Mardi Gras.
The infected area is close to San Antonio. It seems to me we need to take this more seriously.

[IndianaGreen]

12. Solis died of an apparent heart attack, according to Mexican newspaper

El arqueólogo e historiador Felipe Solís Olguín, director del Museo Nacional de Antropología desde el año 2000, falleció ayer a las 7:00 horas a consecuencia de un paro cardiaco.

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cultura/59172.html

Archeologist and historian Felipe Solís Olguín, director of the National Museum of Anthropology since 2000, passed away yesterday at 7 am of an apparent heart attack.