Call this newest Influenza whatever you will; Mexican flu 2009, or H1N1 virus it is a growing epidemic
No matter how you call the outbreak; Mexican flu, or Swine flu; it will not change the harm this disease will have on the human population.
In keeping with the regular pattern the world has been using we will call this new strain the Mexican flu the same way that these flu epidemics have taken on a location name such as Spanish Flu, Asian Flu, Hong Kong flu etc.
With the world wide growth of the Mexican flu and deaths in two countries in the same region, the World Health Organization raised the pandemic alert to pandemic level 5. This level indicates that the W.H.O. believes the growth of the Mexican flu to infect the world is imminent.
For your safety you should read the following W.H.O. Checklist:
World Health Organization (W.H.O.)
Department of Communicable Disease
Surveillance and Response
Global Influenza Programme
WHO checklist for influenza pandemic preparedness planning. Starts out with “Some time in the future.” (Note: that some time is now!)
In a Presidential News Conference regarding the Mexican Flu, April 29, the president is asked “if the we should close the border?” President Obama says, “Wash your hands, take precautions but because this is a new strain we have to be cautious, but not to panic.” He does not think we should close the border.
A man who was on the security advance team for President Obama’s recent trip to Mexico is suspected of having become infected the Mexican flu and he passed it on to his family in Anne Arundel County, MD. The man is on the staff of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who traveled with Obama to Mexico on April 16. He appears to have transmitted the virus to his wife, son and nephew, press secretary Robert Gibbs said.
Just the discussion and disagreement of how to properly name the pandemic of the Mexican flu 2009 shows that even this little item will cause controversy around the globe today. The hardest part of the Mexican flu of 2009 is still ahead of us. We hope that the governments of the world get their acts together and concentrate on what is important, saving human lives.