Call this recent Flu whatever you want; Mexican flu 2009, or Swine flu it is a growing outbreak

It does not matter what you call the disease; Mexican flu, or Novel flu; it will not change the harm this epidemic will have on the world’s populace.

In following the regular method the world has been using we will call this new strain the Mexican flu because in the long term these Influenza pandemics have taken on a locality name such as Spanish Flu, Asian Flu, Hong Kong flu etc.

Due to the global growth of the Mexican flu and deaths in 2 countries in the same region, the World Health Organization has raised the epidemic alert to pandemic level 5. This level indicates that the W.H.O. believes the spread of the Mexican flu to infect the world is imminent.

For your safety you should read the following W.H.O. Checklist:
World Health Organization (W.H.O.)
Department of Communicable Disease
Surveillance and Response
Global Influenza Programme
WHO checklist for influenza pandemic preparedness planning.  Starts out with “Some time in the future.”  (Note: that some time is now!)

At a Presidential News Conference regarding the Mexican Flu, April 29, the president is asked “if the we should close the border?”  President Obama says, “Wash your hands, take precautions but because this is a new strain we have to be cautious, but not to panic.”  He does not think we should close the border.

An agent who was a member of the security advance team for President Obama’s recent trip to Mexico is believed of having become infected the Mexican flu and transmitted it to his family in Anne Arundel County, MD.  The man is on the staff of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who traveled with Obama to Mexico on April 16. He appears to have paased on the virus to his wife, son and nephew, press secretary Robert Gibbs said.

Just the talk about and disagreement of how to properly name the pandemic of the Mexican flu 2009 indicates that even this little detail will cause controversy in the world today.  The worst of the Mexican flu of 2009 is still ahead of us.  We hope that the governments of the world get their acts together and concentrate on what is important, saving human lives.