Deadly New Virus Breaks Out In Mexico

[a completely inoffensive name]

So this is how Left 4 Dead starts.

Pills here!

[Dutch_guy]

Considering there are only 20,000-ish pigs in Egypt, culling the pig population is an ideal way for the Egyptian government to appear to do something yet actually not doing much (although human-to-human transference is much more dangerous IMO).

It's especially useless as the virus doesn't transfer from pig to man via direct contact, it's not an airborn virus or anything like that. People there could potentially get it from eating or direct contact with swine faeces, but other than that it isn't all that easily acquired.

The Egyptian authorities will probably take the pigs into some dark dungeon and torture them before killing them. Old habits die hard.

[Dâriûsh]

It's especially useless as the virus doesn't transfer from pig to man via direct contact, it's not an airborn virus or anything like that. People there could potentially get it from eating or direct contact with swine faeces, but other than that it isn't all that easily acquired.

Perhaps...

Maybe history will absolve his majesty, the grand president-for-life, Mubarak of Egypt, for unleashing his terror apparatus on the little piggies? ;)

[Hosakawa Tito]

It's especially useless as the virus doesn't transfer from pig to man via direct contact, it's not an airborn virus or anything like that. People there could potentially get it from eating or direct contact with swine faeces, but other than that it isn't all that easily acquired.

You might want to read this.

[Decker]

BBC- WHO: It can come again in winter, don't forget about it <- That's pretty much what they have been saying for the past few weeks.

[CountArach]

Far more importantly - anyone want to take a bet on how many cases of Swine Flu in the US? Those are some pretty sweet odds.

[Strike For The South]

No way we hit 10,000. What are the odds?

[Dutch_guy]

You might want to read this.

While this indeed indicates that there is a documented case where that might have been the cause of infection, this is not yet considered to be a common path the virus takes to spread.

[Hosakawa Tito]

While this indeed indicates that there is a documented case where that might have been the cause of infection, this is not yet considered to be a common path the virus takes to spread.

Evans and other officials said it is not uncommon for flu viruses to jump from humans to animals and that it does not pose a risk for consuming pork. The number of pigs infected was not disclosed.

Just saying.

[CountArach]

No way we hit 10,000. What are the odds?

35:1 the way I read it.

[Strike For The South]

35:1 the way I read it.

Oh God. I need to find my bookie

[Lemur]

Afghanistan's Only Pig Quarantined



KABUL - Afghanistan's only known pig has been locked in a room, away from visitors to Kabul zoo where it normally grazes beside deer and goats, because people are worried it could infect them with the virus popularly known as swine flu. [...]

There are no pig farms in Afghanistan and no direct civilian flights between Kabul and Mexico.

"We understand that, but most people don't have enough knowledge. When they see the pig in the cage they get worried and think that they could get ill," Saqib said.

The pig was a gift to the zoo from China, which itself quarantined some 70 Mexicans, 26 Canadians and four Americans in the past week, but later released them.

Some visitors were not concerned about the fate of the pig and said locking it away was probably for the best.

"Influenza is quite contagious and if it passes between people and animals then there's no need for the pig to be here," zoo visitor Farzana said.

[Fragony]

Lady's and gentlemen, we got him

[||Lz3||]

I invite you to read more about the living conditions of the so-called "quarantine" made by the Chinese government .

At least the mexicans were put in, as the "infected" people said, in motels with stains of drinks, food and bad smell. The bathrooms didnt even have soap.

They were left there against their will, without presenting ANY symptom, for 10 days. There was a family that the Chinese attempted to separate, putting the 3 under-8 years old children in a room and their father at another. Non of them even had symptoms, not even normal flu ones.

Now the Chinese government sent a plane to pickup 100 Chinese people from Mexico.

[PershsNhpios]

Is any of this actually serious?

[shlin28]

I invite you to read more about the living conditions of the so-called "quarantine" made by the Chinese government .

At least the mexicans were put in, as the "infected" people said, in motels with stains of drinks, food and bad smell. The bathrooms didnt even have soap.

They were left there against their will, without presenting ANY symptom, for 10 days. There was a family that the Chinese attempted to separate, putting the 3 under-8 years old children in a room and their father at another. Non of them even had symptoms, not even normal flu ones.

Now the Chinese government sent a plane to pickup 100 Chinese people from Mexico.

Hmmm... none of my feeds got any articles on bad living conditions of those quarantined - NYtimes, Time, Telegraph, Guardian and the BBC said nothing about it The BBC did have an article on how a British tourist was sent to a luxurious holiday camp though...

Also, although SOME of the preventative measures were obviously stupid, you have to remember that people in China had suffered through SARS and Avian Flu (sorta), where in both cases lack of action led to deaths. Hence, it would entirely reasonable to an average Chinese citizen to agree with the government's measures. Don't forget also that Influenza A has a long incubation period - up to 7 days! So, many on the plane with the 1st infected case in China could have potentially got the virus without showing any symptoms. So therefore I support the quarantine of passengers, but not with the other blatantly stupid things that some officials has done... (Like qurantining all Mexican citizens...!)

PS: One of my friend's sister's school is closed due to swine flu...