It does not matter how you call the illness; Mexican flu, or North American flu; it will not change the harm this outbreak will have on the world’s populace.
In following the regular method the world has been using we will call this new virus the Mexican flu the same way that these Influenza pandemics have taken on a locality name such as Spanish Flu, Asian Flu, Hong Kong flu etc.
Due to the global growth of the Mexican flu and fatalities in 2 countries in the same region, the World Health Organization has raised the pandemic alert to pandemic level 5. This level indicates that the W.H.O. believes the spread of the Mexican flu to infect the world is imminent.
For your safety you should read the following W.H.O. Checklist:
World Health Organization (W.H.O.)
Department of Communicable Disease
Surveillance and Response
Global Influenza Programme
WHO checklist for influenza pandemic preparedness planning. Starts out with “Some time in the future.” (Note: that some time is now!)
At a Presidential News Conference about the Mexican Flu, April 29, the president is asked “if the we should close the border?” President Obama says, “Wash your hands, take precautions but because this is a new strain we have to be cautious, but not to panic.” He does not think we should close the border.
An agent who was on the security advance team for President Obama’s recent trip to Mexico is suspected of having become infected the Mexican flu and he passed it on to his family in Anne Arundel County, MD. The man is on the staff of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who traveled with Obama to Mexico on April 16. He appears to have paased on the flu to his wife, son and nephew, press secretary Robert Gibbs said.
Just the talk about and inability to agree on how to properly call the pandemic of the Mexican flu 2009 indicates that even this little detail will cause controversy around the globe today. The worst of the Mexican flu of 2009 is still before us. We hope that the governments of the world get their acts together and concentrate on what is important, saving human lives.
