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There are many fears about the swine flu outbreak. It is not simply that it could cause the death of thousands or in the case of a pandemic, perhaps millions. Other fears are economic in nature based on the reality that tens of millions of very sick people would drive a weak global economy into a depression...
Nevertheless, FlyBy knows that some of you are feeling feverish and nauseous just reading this post, and that your parents have been calling for hourly updates about whether any Harvard students have been diagnosed with the swine flu. Rest easy, UHS has not received any complaints of swine flu-like symptoms from any members of the Harvard community. They have even posted a link to FAQs about the swine flu on their homepage...
...course, the weekend that saw the swine flu panic grip Mexico and, quickly after that, much of the world. At the toll booths on the road back to the capital, health personnel were distributing pamphlets with instructions. They were also handing out surgical masks. Insurgentes, the main avenue from the south into the city, was deserted; restaurants were closed; and, though the malls and the supermarkets were open, there were few cars in the parking lots. Barriers were set up at the entrances to the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, the largest public university in Latin America; the museums were...
...panic - and the potential declaration of a pandemic - takes hold. Aguascalientes, for example, counts this time of the year as the high-point of its business calendar. The fair provides employment for a lot of people. (See the story about how the vaccine the CDC has prepared for swine...
...tourist mecca of Acapulco was partying on. I live in Mexico City and when I flew in for a wedding on Saturday, there were no health personnel at the airport, no pamphlets, no nurses, no questions except "where to?" (Read the five things you need to know about the swine flu outbreak...