Swine Flu Close to a Pandemic

Swine Flu seems to be spreading fast across the world but the only good news if you can call it is the strain spreading across the US & Canada and just about all other nations so far seems to be fairly mild whereas the serious deadly strain seems to be locked into Mexico for some reason and the WHO is trying to figure out why that is!? It can only be considered a pandemic though if the deadly strain in Mexico makes the jump to other nations and so far we been lucky that has not happened but my heart certainly goes out to those people & their families in Mexico.

Here is a map courtesy of Google that is updated in real-time as cases are considered possible or confirmed so you can track the outbreak!



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Links on the matter....

Health Zone Canada
CBC
CTV
CNN
FOX News
BBC
CDC

So are you concerned this will turn into a pandemic or do you believe this will just blow over? Personally I think this one will eventually fizzle out and we don't have much to worry about so long as the exact strain in Mexico city does not make the jump or further mutate with another virus that either strengthens it's attack on the immune system or makes it much easier to spread or worse yet a combination of the two! Scientists and history proves we are certainly overdue for a pandemic but I just don't think this is it.