Mexico city, with a population of 20 million people, is in danger on becoming the center of a pandemic of swine flu. Already 20 people have died, other 48 people who died previously are presumed to have had the same disease. There are probably thousands incubating the virus for which the human vaccine is inefective.
Two football stadiums, tickets already sold, will play on sunday with a very poor attendance, because people are taking precautions, covering their mouths with surgical masks and staying away from the metro and buses. The government is discouraging public gatherings and asking people to stay home and to avoid kissing cheeks when meeting friends.
There are already some swine flu cases in California and Texas and it is only a matter of days before it spreads to Central America, due to the constant traffic of illegal inmigrants.
The initial symptoms are the usual for flu: runny nose, watery eyes, sore throat, fever, body aches. Two drugs Relenza and Tamiflu are effective if taken in the first two days of illness.
Manuel Figueroa
www.goodhealthtoday
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