Friday 1 May 2009

Blog 21 swine flu

http://http//www.grist.org/article/2009-04-30-NS-swine-cafos/
http://http//www.google.com/search?q=swine+flu+research&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-Address&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7ADBF

I can see how this bad behaviour would be an advantage to the Mexicans. However risking peoples health to make a quick buck isn't my idea of tolerable behaviour.
Is it right for the Mexican government to continue life as normal without informing the world about the situation on swine flu ? They only broke the news when over a hundred people had died from the condition and many others were infected!! That is what we know of any way. They should have informed people much sooner and they should have closed the borders until the situation was cleared. Instead they allowed it to spread in the name of a free society. Really all they cared about was trade. How many other secrets do governments keep from it's people. I think it is disgusting how the authorities have dealt with the swine flu situation. Whats also bad is that in Mexico tourist attractions are still welcoming people saying it is safe, bars and clubs want people to continue coming in. The border from Mexico into the united states takes many thousands of people across daily, people who take three hours to cross the border by foot. People are still making this journey daily. Lots of people all in close proximity of each other, an ideal way to spread more infection. Research suggests that swine flu may come out much harder in the winter or it could possibly go away. Flu is very unpredictable and there have been cases of flu in the past for example 1957 which killed over two million people. However that was forty four years ago. I don't know why the Mexican people are wearing masks because those masks are not specifically designed to prevent infection or germs spreading. The Mexican government have a lot to answer for.

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