-According to the CDC something like 60,000 people died of normal strains of influenza in 2006.

-All of the people who have died had severe underlying health conditions. In fact there are few “Died of Swine Flu” articles where it was later said the person did not die of Swine Flu but of said condition.

-For reasons I will leave alone the goal is to do mass vaccinations. The WHO even changed the rules of Pandemic Level Six to support the current non crisis.

-The Company (Baxter) working on the Vaccine has been caught on the very least making several mistakes; selling AIDs tainted vaccines and distributing Vaccines that contained live bird flu virus and regular influenza. This could have possibly caused a hybrid strain which would have been as dangerous as the swine flu is being made out to be.

Lets not forget that years before we were being told the same thing about SARs, and the Bird Flu. This is all fearmongering and an attempt to Vaccinate the public.

Take it easy.

The White House said that President Obama’s health “was never in any danger”, despite reports that Felipe Solis, an archaeologist he met on a trip to Mexico last week, had died soon after from “flu-like symptoms”.
Robert Gibbs, the White House Press Secretary, said that based on the incubation period for swine flu, there was no reason for Mr Obama to be tested for the disease. Although the President is being briefed on the situation every few hours, Mr Gibbs insisted: “This is not a time for panic.”

There’s a sense of worry and paranoia in a large part of the population, with pharmacies reporting many people rushing to buy face masks and desinfectant gel —there are some people having a field day selling face masks for twice their worth on the streets; my personal comment on such individuals would not be appropriate for this site :-/

However, I can tell you that not everyone walking on the street is wearing masks. Maybe some people feel the government is overrreacting; we’ve been grown so used to not trusting our own government, that even at the risk of a pandemic people are not willing to heed the words of the authorities.

Schools have been shut down until May 6th. All the city churches cancelled mass this Sunday and many public events were also postponed, canceled or re-scheduled —still, many people are still going to the strip malls shopping…

I’ll be reporting the most recent events on my blog at The Daily Grail.

Right now the my latest post dealt with the fact that President Obama might have been recklessly exposed to the outbreak on his recent visit to Mexico. The director of the National Mseum of Anthropology that acted as host for him at the reception dinner held in his honor died last Saturday of pneumonia —although the authorities have been quick to state that his death was due to bacterial pneumonia and complications from diabetes. Nevertheless, I hardly think the White House would have allowed Obama to put one foot inside Mexican territory had they been infomed of the possible danger 2 weeks ago.

The borders are not closed, but if you or someone you know is planning to visit Mexico, I advise you to change your plans; and if you know someone who recently visited Mexico, tell that person to have an immediate check up with their doctor.

During the 1918 flu pandemic (or pandemics; there were several waves of outbreaks), about half of the world population became infected with flu. The vast majority only experienced mild-to-severe flu symptoms, but about 20 % developed pneumonia, and about half of those who developed pneumonia died from it. The puzzling thing is that most of the deaths occured in young to middle-aged adults, who usually survive ordinary flu. Very young babies and toddlers, and elderly people, who are most likely to succumb to “ordinary” influenza strains, did not experience high mortality rates. This new strain of swine flu also appears to be fatal mainly in otherwise healthy young adults.