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Thirty-Four More Cases Of Swine Flu Confirmed In Central Texas
The confirmation of 34 more cases of swine flu pushes the total number of confirmed cases in Central Texas to more than 250.
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The CDC and the World Health Organization IWHO) have voiced concern that this virus will return this fall with mutations that will increase virus strength & create MORE school closures &MORE social disruptions. As citizens we should prepare for the fall NOW. If we experience a harder fall pandemic wave, it may effect MORE school closures, and disruptions in services we take for granted in our daily schedules (sick workers making for people home who usually are not home, or stores w/ less workers). You will want to eliminate trips out in public, so these extra food stocks will help you get through that period of time. Keep in mind that while the CDC is suggesting that you stock about 2-weeks of food, water and meds in your home, a 'pandemic' wave of illness can last many more weeks. It would be prudent to use this time to gather 2 weeks, and then increase that home-supply as you can afford. Use canned goods and add pastas to stretch the canned soups, etc. to make a larger meal w/ less
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Me...am suggesting that people follow the guidelines of the CDC. I think that people need to realize that their lives are not more important than others. While we do have the flu every year and most get through it just fine there are others like the elderly, small children and people with other disorders that are more likely to have complications. So by saying this, I mean.....if you have been diagnosed with this form of flu and you knowingly go out and spread it to others because you selfishly couldn't stay home I think you should be held accountable for it.
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Anonymous, are you suggesting quarantines? I certainly hope not.
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Holy smokes it is an epidemic! Oh, wait, it is only .015620% of the population in Texas. More news that is really not that big of a deal and just seems to be there to keep people wound up about something. We have flu all the time. This is just a different variant. And the vaccine they produce for the flu every year may or may not work anyway depending on if they get the mixture right or not when they guess which one to use.
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Hello?!?! People have been commenting that cases have been reported all over at local youth clubs, jail, and other places. Doesn't it make sense that if people are continuing to go to the places instead of staying home that it will spread? Maybe if we make it some sort of crime to knowing expose people or require them to start paying everybody elses medical bill they might start to stay home.
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