Mexican flu outbreak

[efq]

Its Deadly?
It shouldn't transmit from human to human?
Its spread quite fast?

key point: it keeeels mayne! (It kills man!)

My uncle and aunty are in Mexico on holz, they seemed fine and said nothing was too panicky.
Also it says in the news that they are not going to tell anyone to avoid flying there, thats wrong. My uncle nd aunty wanted to leave today and they can't yet.

[Minstrels]

Which country will be the first to enforce snipers/troops on the coastlines and boarders with a instruction of "Shoot anyone without identification". Bound to happen.



*Just thought I'd get the idiotic post in before someone else does. :rolleyes_

[Technologic]

Well, we're boned. So much for the atlantic keeping the nasties away

[efq]

It's worrying that there are so many emergency meetings and they say this.

"World health officials worry the swine flu outbreak in Mexico could unleash a global flu epidemic"

"Once more details are clear about the virus and its risks, the emergency panel could recommend a change in the WHO's pandemic alert level -- currently at 3 on a scale of 1 to 6 -- or recommend travel advisories to control the flu's spread."

[Jordy]

I wish all these news reports would actually say something of use, all they rattle on about is how 'oooh it could be a pandemic' not much about the actual flu.

So it spreads from human to humans mostly by direct or indirect contact, such as touching, coughing and sneezing.

Once you get the flu what happens to you?
Can the flu be treated at all?
What are the chances of you dying?

+rep to any decent answers.

[Hazza]

OH NO
IM GOING TO DIE, AINT I?

[-:Undertaker:-]

Sky states "The flu combines genetic material from pigs, birds and humans in a way researchers have not seen before." - apparently it is part of the H1 strain that was the Bird Flu, but more developed and advanced.

[Technologic]

It's a mutated form of Swine Flue, H1N1

[GommeInc]

Scary stuff, a Public Health Emergency has already been declared by the W.H.O. (World Health Organization), lets just hope if it is confirmed our government closes our borders urgently.

People have been wanting Britain to close its borders for years, do you really expect them to close it now when something drastic like this happens?

I've not heard anything about this, I haven't seen the news but no-one has been gossiping about it when I went out. Might hear something at church though.

[Hazza]

CAN U CATCH IT :|