It is really infuriating and disappointing to see the amount of fear and misinformation out there about the swine flu. I saw on the CBC news yesterday that a WHO official had stated to a number of people that the influenza that infects pigs could persist in the meat and infect humans that way. The …
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New Scientist says Travel Bans don’t work for flu
An interesting article today from New Scientist on why Travel Bans don’t work to prevent the spread of a pandemic. “There is no real sense in applying strict travel restrictions especially at this stage. It’s not going to help,” says Alessandro Vespignani, a computer scientist at the University of Indiana in Bloomington, whose team is …
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Source of Swine Flu might be found.
And it is a familiar refrain. In this story detailing what looks to be the first cases of swine flu hitting a village named La Gloria in Veracruz, Mexico the possible source, a large production pork factory. A La Gloria resident who spoke to the Guardian on condition of anonymity yesterday described how illness swept …