WHO raises pandemic alert to second-highest level

[DenverChief]

Originally Posted by Metrolike

JFC, it's the ****ing flu, it's inevitable that it will spread to all states including Alaska and Hawaii. That's what the flu does - it spreads and kills a few people. The articles are saying that symptoms are mild, yet here we are - panic-stricken and giving in to fear mongering.

hey calm down sally, if you watched the presentation given by the WHO director you might understand where I am coming from...if it were "just the flu" why would they be closing schools and raising alert levels?

[Ultra Peanut]

Originally Posted by DenverChief

hey calm down sally, if you watched the presentation given by the WHO director you might understand where I am coming from...if it were "just the flu" why would they be closing schools and raising alert levels?

Just to clarify, the alert level is related to the spread of it rather than its severity.

Originally Posted by DenverChief

1 death in texas

The baby got it in Mexico, as it turns out.

[DenverChief]

Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

Just to clarify, the alert level is related to the spread of it rather than its severity.

The baby got it in Mexico, as it turns out.

Understood on both levels...and as she pointed out, the full spectrum of this virus is not yet understood, we may have seen the worst or may not


and yes they got it in Mexico but died in the care of an American Medical facility