26 April 2009

Deadly new flu virus in US and Mexico may go pandemic

I saw this on Friday night. By Saturday morning it had made the national news. Shucks, I should have blogged it Friday ...
Worrying.
Deadly new flu virus in US and Mexico may go pandemic - health - 24 April 2009 - New Scientist: "A novel flu virus has struck hundreds of people in Mexico, and at least 18 have died. It has also infected eight people in the US, and appears able to spread readily from human to human. The World Health Organization is calling an emergency meeting to decide whether to declare the possible onset of a flu pandemic."
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1 comment:

Steve Hayes said...

Reminds me of the SARS scare a few years ago.

Actually it's still current here -- SARS stands for South African Revenue Service, and they are senting out tax return forms around now.

27/4/09 18:05

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