Posted on 04/26/2009 7:25:41 AM PDT by La Lydia
LIMA -- Public health authorities of South American countries took precautionary measures to fend off a possible pandemic after a deadly swine flu virus claimed dozens of lives in Mexico and infected at least 11 people in the United States. In Peru, experts with the Health Ministry said the ministry had initiated a nationwide precautionary plan to deal with potential threats, though no suspicious cases have been reported so far in the country.
The Chilean Health Ministry expressed concern over the situation and drafted a contingency plan for epidemic prevention. It also ordered a public health alert that included health quarantine for all passengers entering the country at Santiago International Airport.
The Health Ministry of El Salvador also issued an early warning against a possible outbreak and strengthened surveillance over health quarantine in its border crossings.
The Guatemalan government convened a meeting of the health, interior and agriculture ministries to discuss the situation and ways to deal with the disease. Meanwhile, the Nicaraguan Health Ministry announced measures to enforce tighter epidemic prevention and urged the public to be alert for influenza-like respiratory illness.
On Saturday, Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova raised the country's probable death toll from swine flu to 81. In the United States, 11 people were also confirmed to be infected with the virus.
The World Health Organization announced Saturday that the outbreak in Mexico and the United States constituted a "public health emergency of international concern" and urged all countries to boost their surveillance for any unusual outbreaks of influenza-like illness and severe pneumonia.
Yelling "Ole" as we let everyone pass through.
That means welcome, come on in.
If they try this here,the ACLU will sue!
Can FR dub this the “Mexican flu?” It emphasizes the dangers of open borders and illegal immigration.
Past flu pandemics:
1918 Spanish flu
1957 Asian flu
1968 Hong Kong flu
The poorest nations on Earth are the ones most vulnerable to this disease especially where pandemics are concerned. The other countries most vulnerable to a pandemic of this disease are countries that are ruled by despots, tyrants and dictators.
The Obama administration has dropped the ball on this whole thing. They are scurrying around this morning trying to play catch up with a newser scheduled for 12:30 this morning.
They are probably trying to figure out how to send the stockpiles of Tamiflu(which President Bush stockpiled) to the blue states and not the red ones.
I don’t know...but I’ve added Mexican Swine Flu as a keyword to many threads. I was hoping that would add it to the “popular” keyword section, but nothing yet. Maybe it’s something that has to be requested?
And frankly, I find it odd that Obama’s face isn’t all over the TV reassuring Americans that HE’S got everything under control. The presser today will be Napolitano, not Obama. He finds every other dang excuse to get his face on TV, why not this???
When posting an article “(Mexican flu)” can be added to the title.
Good idea! I’ll post it as my tag line...if enough FReepers see it, maybe word will get around.
More reason why we should close the Southern border immediately and not let in any more illegal immigrants, period!
Good question! He is probably in isolation until the threat is over. What you want to bet that Obama will be nowhere to be seen this week(unless the all clear is sounded on the ‘pandemic’)?
Your southern neighbor is a third world hell hole and there is no fence between you and them.
And when all these South American nations get this or some other epic virus who will they turn to?
The hated United States.
The Mexican Swine Flu reveals the sad truth about the toxic hell hole located south of our border. They knew months ago about this Mexican Flu Epidemic and told nobody.
http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/newsroom/highlights/fence_map.ctt/fence_map.pdf
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