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Swine flu infection numbers are down in Mexico.

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According to Tribuna.com.mx Mexican Secretary of Health, Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos, reported that the number of cases of influenza in the country have declined. After indicating that the World Health Organization (WHO) had elevated the level of alert from 3 to 4, the secretary confirmed that the borders would not be closed or restricted

The secretary assured reporters in a press conference that the Federal Government had acted expediently during the crisis, and would continue to keep the public properly informed. Confirmed cases of swine flu have dropped from 20 to 7 according to frontera.info. The Governor of Jalisco, Emilio González Márquez, insisted that the state was free of cases of swine flu.

Javier Lozano Alarcón, Secretary of Labor, indicated that the economic activity in Mexico would not be suspended.

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However, according to a Fox News headline from Tuesday:

New York City Health Commissioner: ‘Many Hundreds’ of School Students Sick With Suspected Swine Flu

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says two people are hospitalized with suspected swine flu. City Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden also said Tuesday that “many hundreds” of schoolchildren are sick with suspected cases of swine flu.

From nbcsandiego.com:

Calif. Declares State of Emergency

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency that will help California agencies coordinate efforts in response to the outbreak of swine flu.

From cbsnews.com:

Swine Flu’s Spread Defies Border Cautions

Cases of swine flu were confirmed Tuesday in at least two more countries as global health officials warned that travel restrictions and warnings were doing nothing to stop its advance.

I know they have to “sell” the news, but come on, is it really necessary to scare the crap out of the populace on a daily basis?

Jon Stewart took on the 24-hour news networks, calling their news reports intentionally terrifying. He compiled clips of reporters and anchors saying that the whole world could perish, that this could be an act of bioterrorism, etc. and then showed clips of them saying “we don’t want to freak anybody out.” Really?

In the video below, John Oliver reports from the CDC and Jason Jones reports things he heard from some guy. The latter begins to believe Oliver’s soothing words are just a cover-up for him being a British swine-flu zombie and urges fans to shoot him in the head. Which they attempt to do at the end of the report.


Posted in General on April 30th, 2009

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