How to beat Swine Flu:
- Don't travel to Mexico. Even if you planned for it. Even if you paid for your cruise and they will refuse any reimbursements. Even if you've never traveled outside the country. Just don't do it.
- Wash your hands. This precaution may seem extreme. Out of the ordinary. Might throw off your daily schedule. This kind of warning might cause fear-crazed citizens to start stock piling Tamiflu, but heed this advice. Wash your hands.
- Don't panic. Although the constant media coverage and the billions of dollars our government is pumping into prevention might instill some fear, don't give in. The World Health Organization has only confirmed 30 deaths worldwide, 29 in Mexico and 1 in the United States. To give some comparison, the CDC reported 1,161 cases of Influenza within the United States during 2007 -08. The mortality rate peaked at 9.1% during that time, which would estimate to being around 105 deaths. Just in the United States. Could Influenza be considered a pandemic? Until this H1N1 strand mutates into a more deadly virus, I'm not going to go out and buy face masks.
Feliz Cinco de Mayo!...unless you live in Mexico!
3 comments:
I LOVE this- it is all a little rediculous, isn't it?
Absolutely ridiculous...and yet it makes you wonder. Why was the Mexican government reporting 150+ deaths before the World Health Organization came in (confirming only 29)? Why would they promote or seemingly encourage such hysteria? They couldn't have been "mistakenly" that far off. It makes you wonder if they needed such a catastrophe to show how they can "take charge" or "solve the problem" or "save their people from the pigs". Especially when they have been incapable of stopping the drug trafficking pandemic, increasing crime rate, drug lords, etc. But that would be crazy, right?
The company my husband works for has 2 resorts in Mexico and also sells properties for second homes. Their company is already struggling because of the economy......this did not help at all! Thank you over exaggerated Swine flu for officially putting the nail in the coffin for already struggling businesses in Mexico.
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