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...worry has arguably spread faster than the disease itself. Some countries have imposed bans on travel to Mexico, and some international flights carrying passengers who complained of flu symptoms have even made emergency landings at the nearby major cities. Yet, in the midst of the panic surrounding the outbreak of the disease, which has appeared in several probable cases on the campus of the School of Dental Health, Harvard’s reaction to swine flu addresses what is surely a major concern in a calm and rational...
...course, we hope that the swine flu “pandemic” never materializes and that the current situation does not worsen. Current information suggests that the outbreak may be less severe than was originally suspected and that swine flu might not, after all, be nearly as deadly as the infamous 1918 flu strain. Still, caution and vigilance are more than warranted. We hope that UHS will be ready to confront the problem if and as it develops any further. All steps should be taken to ensure that Harvard is prepared to handle a major outbreak on campus, even...
...what, if anything, it could have done to curtail the crisis more swiftly and effectively. On the one hand, Mexico's response has been largely effective: measures taken by President Felipe Calderon and his health officials, as well as Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, appear to have stabilized the outbreak. Those measures included the closure of all but the most essential businesses and government services Friday through Tuesday, the nation's long Cinco de Mayo holiday weekend. On Thursday, for example, the government reported that the daily number of new suspected cases is now about a fifth of what...
...point, you know all about swine flu. Perhaps you are keeping your distance from pork chops or vigorously washing your hands at this moment. From its place in relative health obscurity, falling somewhere between scabies and Tourette’s syndrome, swine flu has launched itself into germ infamy.The outbreak has affected thousands in Mexico and well over 100 and counting in the US. And now maybe the Dental School...
...1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat President, Jimmy Carter. And I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence" - though interestingness of it is significantly mitigated by the inconvenient fact that the '70s swine flu outbreak occurred under Republican President Gerald Ford...