Influenza often referred to as flu is one virus that seems to be well adapted to beating human health techniques and practices. A couple of years ago it was bird ravaging the Asian region and it seem we have overcome that threat but lo and behold here we are waking to the reality that the virus is on rampage again yet in another form -Swine Flu.
The flu has been reported to have killed over 80 people in Mexico already with investigations still on-going on 1,000 cases of suspicious severe flu-like infections and it is fast spreading with reports of about 20 people already infected in the United States and this has already sparked a declaration of a "public health emergency" in the United States and indeed a public health alert the world over.
The emergence of this newly identified strain of A/H1N1 swine influenza (flu) has led to a greater level vigilance at border crossings and airport security lines for coughing or ill-appearing travelers. However, it has not been regarded an epidemic yet as the Secretary of Homeland security Janet Napolitano puts it the situation "sounds more severe than really it is" nevertheless, though health organizations and governments are keeping a close eye on the developments.
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This is serious!
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