Swine Flu Fact

Stay home, not only will you no longer put others at risk of being infected, you also increase your own chances of survival and recovery by allowing your body to rest. Even after you are cured it will take seven days before you are no longer contagious to others. Children will take longer to become no longer contagious. Contact your health care provider and inform them of your condition, they will tell you whether or not you need further care. Treatment is most effective if received within two days of being infected.

A contagious virus is a threat to the entire world community. People infected with the Swine Flu virus have been confirmed in the following countries:

• Mexico
• Canada
• United States
• Spain
• New Zealand

Canada and other countries have begun screening airline passengers from Mexico and the United States for the Swine Influenza Virus. People returning from vacation in Mexico are being screened for the virus as they arrive home or on the planes. Russia, China, and Thailand have stopped receiving American and Mexican pork products despite the fact that it is proven that you cannot receive the virus from well cooked pork meat. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, stated earlier in the Swine Flu epidemic that “We are now more prepared then ever to meet this threat.”

The UN is addressing the threat worldwide as you are reading this text. The World Health Organization held its second meeting on the 27^th of April to discuss data from the Swine Flu Scare. Their conclusions have been not to close borders, nor to impose travel restrictions on infected areas. If the spread increases in pace it is possible that they will impose quarantines on infected areas to prevent more people from become infected. Currently there are 64 cases of the disease in America with no deaths and an expected 149 deaths already occurred in Mexico (Data on Mexican deaths and infections may be unreliable, or unreported).