Posted on 04/26/2009 3:26:15 PM PDT by Steelfish
British passengers screened for swine flu amid fears that disease has spread worldwide
British passengers returning from Mexico were being screened for signs of swine flu on Sunday night amid fears that the disease has spread across the world.
By Caroline Gammell and Auslan Cramb 26 Apr 2009.
Two travellers were admitted to a hospital in Scotland when they complained of flu-like symptoms after returning from holiday in the country.
Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, said Britain was on "constant alert" after the previously unknown influenza spread from Mexico to America and cases were reported as far afield as New Zealand, France, Spain, Israel and Canada.
He said he had no doubt that there would be more cases of travellers coming into Britain with flu-like symptoms and promised that they will be examined "very, very quickly" by the NHS.
More than 80 people in Mexico are believed to have died from pneumonia and respiratory illness linked to the virus. At least 20 cases have been confirmed as swine flu, also known as H1N1.
President Felipe Calderon called for calm as he said the majority of the 1,300 people who had complained of flu symptoms over the weekend did not have the virus.
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See, mexico DOES have something to offer the world.
..so what's the fuss about?
This is the definition of hysteria. It is nonsense and stark raving bonkers.
The US can’t possibly screen. To do so would be racist.
/sarc
I’d like to see a few more cases before I start declaring a worldwide pandemic. But in any case the flu can’t come to the United States now that Obama is President. And if it’s already here it’s because of Bush. < /NYT >
But the Evil Bull Dyke sees no reason to screen anyone from Mexico.
Why bother screening, when a thousand illegals sneak across the border for every one that flies from Cancun to NYC. It’s a waste of effort and you get blamed for being ineffectual.
Janet would have to go to Iowa and pull old ladies aside for race quota screenings.
News this afternoon was that the golden thread is that all cases have a Mexican connection. Yes, it is true!!
A patient in a mental hospital has his last test to determine if he is ready to return home. He is taken into a room with the faucet running and the sink overflowing. He is handed a mop and told to clean up the mess. If he fails to turn off the faucet before mopping, he stays in the mental hospital.
The faucet is the Mexican border in this case. Do we turn it off, or stay in the insane asylum??
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