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...Napolitano said the U.S. has no plans to close the border with Mexico, a stance that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and WHO support and which Obama reiterated at his press conference. "Intensive efforts at the border are not effective means for protecting against an infectious disease," said acting CDC director Richard Besser. Still, if the swine flu continues to worsen in Mexico, it's not hard to see how Obama and other world leaders would come under increasing pressure to try to wall off Mexico - just as an infected patient might be quarantined to prevent...
...Mexico border is concerned, attempting to actually close it would be futile, since countless illegal migrants cross over to the U.S. daily. Trying to stop movement may just push travelers, and the spread of the swine flu, underground. It would create a diplomatic headache as well - the Mexican government has already expressed its concern over travel restrictions. (See pictures of the swine flu outbreak in Mexico...
What works better are social-distancing actions on a local level - closing schools, having employees work at home and limiting public gatherings, where the flu can spread easily. Such methods worked during the deadly 1918 Spanish flu - cities that acted quickly to close schools and theaters early in the pandemic had peak death rates 50% lower than cities that acted more slowly. Today doctors could also prophylactically administer antiviral drugs to the close contacts of any swine flu patients, a strategy that has been shown to help prevent the spread of the flu. "Until you start to see really massive...
...Pacific Symphony's $17.5 million annual budget, close to $2 million comes from corporate contributions, according to president John Forsyte: "We're scaling back our events, but even companies that may be in rough shape are sticking by us in one way or another...
...gone. A $125 million expansion at the St. Louis Art Museum is on ice. The Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra canceled its 2009-10 season, and members of the Honolulu Symphony have gone unpaid. The lobbying group Americans for the Arts estimates that some 10,000 arts-related organizations could close this year...