Was anyone able to listen? Please update those of us who could not access it. Thanks.

question.... went on in mexico for a month before you guys even knew about it....restat your question...why hasn't there been a change in a phase...they need to knpw how efficient and sustained it is ...working on it....we are preparing....actively working.....who dosen't change our very forward efforts...we are looking at the isolate and preparing for vaccine (if needed)

please see above...  (please note...incomplete...typing while listening was difficult.)

the press confrence is archived now, you can hit the op link to listen to it in from the start

is there another briefing at 3 ?

the 1918 came in 3 waves, the first was not so bad, the second was a real killer and the third was just mopping up the ones it missed in the second wave.

So this being the first, if we have a repeat, should not be so bad, but come fall and the cooler weather, the second wave might be on the horizon.

This is certainly the time to get all your preps in order, load up on ammunition, if you don't know how to use a gun, it's time to pay someone $50 or so and get some instructions.  Prepare to be able to barricade your home.  Like in a hurricane, be able to secure your windows, a piece of glass doesn't do the trick.  Silver dollars are still available and will work as currency during any type of crisis, I doubt toilet paper in the form of a greenback will do the trick.

Like everyone else, I hope this is all for not, however it's better to be a little prepared then not at all.

Frankly i am surprised it has taken a bug this long to adapt, Its always been just a matter of time before one did.

I find this little artical a bit silly

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captaindigness wrote: how about i who did research for hours update u. It is H1N1 the same strain as the 1918 h1n1 spanish flu though not as sever it cud be so start pissin ur pants

Especially when most people have herd immunity to the 1918 strain of Avian Flu now.  And today's political satire riddle is...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7336683

How do you sell thousands of doses of Tamiflu which several strains of flu are now 100% resistant too... pause....?

You infect a few people with a "new flu" which almost looks custom made which just happens to respond to Tamiflu. Then you demonstrate the foolishness of not being treated soon enough with Tamiflu in Mexico where actually still only 27 cases have been (unless the CDC official page changed) were actually confirmed- and have a few more emergent cases so EVERYONE has to take Tamiflu, thereby selling the stock that would go bad and unsold.

Profound remark for today - but it can't be seasonal flu- the flu season is over. Well true, the 1918 Pandemic started in October- so in terms watching for a Pandemic seasonal flu levels are kind of a moot point. A virus can mutate and a Pandemic can begin at any time of the year.. and the fact there is less monitoring when the virus are usually mutating the most- is not exactly effective.

Second most profound remark - we are really concerned this could start the next Pandemic.

(none of the cases so far in the U.S. have even been fatal or showed worse symptoms than classic flu)  Third remark - WHO is going to meet and discuss raising the alert level.
On the basis of what- don't we need we need increased human to human to transmission. So far, they haven't even determined the source of the infection.

Another- we have never seen this type of mixture before... a similar mixture was found and published in 1999 of avian, human, and swine flu together. This is not new.

Most alarmist reaction to an outbreak. In 1976, President Ford had most of the population vaccinated but the epidemic never happened.

Trivia question-  1,000 of people die in Mexico City from what?

Levels of major air pollutants in Mexico City routinely exceed the maximum ... pollution levels lead to thousands of premature deaths a year in Mexico City. ... There are over 100000 taxisMexico City

On my last visit to Mexico City while staying in Zona Rosa - the air was so bad I could hardly breath. More than five years ago people were wearing masks to work because of the bad air.

here's one

which she said had "pandemic potential" because it is an animal virus strain infecting people...

exactly what has Avian Flu been doing for the last 5 years? Wasn't this an animal (bird) strain infecting people?

current...

This information is current as of 20:59 - April 25, 2009

This information is current as of today, April 25, 2009 at 20:59

Updated: April 25, 2009

http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentSwineFluMexico.aspx

CDC has confirmed that seven of 14 respiratory specimens sent to the CDC by the Mexican National Influenza Center are positive for swine influenza virus and are similar to the swine influenza viruses recently identified in the US among residents of California and Texas.

CDC and state public and animal health authorities are currently investigating 8 cases of swine flu in humans in California and Texas that may be related to cases in Mexico. At this time there have been no severe illnesses or fatalities seen in the United States.

Medclinician

68 deaths from 1004 cases at  23:47 GMT, Saturday, 25 April 2009 00:47 UK   http://www.reuters.com/article/wtUSInvestingNews/idUSLP31018720090425 

1004:68 =14,76 NO COMMENT...^^