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...there is, every few seconds, a tweet on this topic. It's clear that, if you can give people something to do, something real to do that could help improve their health and reduce their risk, that's very empowering during a difficult situation. (See pictures as the swine flu hits Mexico...
...pictures of the swine flu in Mexico...
...pictures of soccer in the time of swine flu...
...influenza pandemic in decades. That has meant long days at CDC headquarters in Atlanta and lots of time in front of TV cameras, explaining to a worried country why hand-washing is so very important. He spoke with TIME's Bryan Walsh about deciding whether to make an H1N1 flu vaccine, the lessons from Katrina and how to straddle the line between reassurance and alarm...
...question that has come up many times. The first definitive case of H1N1 was not diagnosed in Mexico, but in San Diego. So at the time that the outbreak was first diagnosed, it was already in the U.S. Our pandemic planning, overarching planning that was done largely around avian flu, had approached or looked at [an outbreak that] would originate off our shores. Then you could send in a team and attempt to contain it, if it were in a small area. Once it moved out of a small area, it's impossible to contain influenza. Those factors together really...