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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

News City Council Briefing on Swine Flu Now

Posted by on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:48 PM

As Jonah noted below, the World Health Organization just upgraded its pandemic flu alert level from 4 to 5 — meaning that a pandemic is "imminent." WHO director Margaret Chan just told reporters, "All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans. It really is all of humanity that is under threat in a pandemic."

Dr. David Fleming, director of the county health department's communicable diseases program, is briefing the council's emergency preparedness on swine flu now; watch it live right here.

 

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1
Argue for dense urban living now, Stranger.

Go ahead.

(sniff sniff cough)
Posted by Ackham on April 29, 2009 at 2:04 PM
2
I knew Obama was going to kill us all! I knew it!
I'm off to buy all the ammo I can find.
Posted by Justin on April 29, 2009 at 2:07 PM
3
The problem isn't dense urban living, its dense porcine living.
Posted by Oink Oink on April 29, 2009 at 2:13 PM
4
Avian flu, Swine flu--when's the Tofu flu outbreak coming?

Oh, right, never.
Posted by tiktok on April 29, 2009 at 2:17 PM
5
Anyone know the last time it was raised to a 5 and why?
Posted by Hannah on April 29, 2009 at 2:18 PM
6
Hannah-

It's a fairly new escalation system and it is the first time it has gone to "5". There were other flu alarms in '75, '68 and '57.
Posted by Zander on April 29, 2009 at 2:23 PM
7
Sweet, obviously we're all going to die and should rush to the nearest hospital if you so much as breathe.
Posted by Chris on April 29, 2009 at 3:06 PM
8
NO, repeat, NO bus rides
Posted by Ross, no intern on April 29, 2009 at 4:46 PM
9
What's the only possible way to prevent all pandemic animal flus? Stop eating animal corpses. Problem solved. Yay!
Posted by Stop it now on April 29, 2009 at 5:26 PM
10
@9 - um, you'd have to go and slaughter all the baby animals in the world too.

Well?

We expect you to do it personally, by hand.
Posted by Will in Seattle on April 29, 2009 at 5:33 PM
11
Speaking of porcine, could Mayor Jowly be the real "patient zero?"
Posted by Mud Baby on April 30, 2009 at 10:04 AM

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