Swine Flu (Chicago, Greenview, Kansas: 2009, insurance, home)

[mikeg453]

Feds are asking people to prepare for the swine flu. Not sure what that means other than staying home if your sick and washing your hands frequently. Anyone doing any other type of preparation?

[MyssaTx]

I always wash my hands regardless!

I have a trip scheduled to Mexico June 11-18th.
I hope this doesn't affect my trip.
We are going to Playa del Carmen which is about a thousand miles from the recent outbreaks but who knows.

[Venom]

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I'm ready.

[Chicago60614]

God, I knew I shouldn't have taken that pig home with me from the bar on Saturday night..

[Thepreacherswife]

Eating more bacon to build up antibodies.

[raven firespell]

Originally Posted by Venom

I'm ready.

take this if you travel to mexico city. not a good time to travel . travel cancellation insurance ?

[skipcromer]

Originally Posted by Chicago60614

God, I knew I shouldn't have taken that pig home with me from the bar on Saturday night..

It wouldnt let me rep you.

Good one though!

[Avengerfire]

"Chicagoan Teresa Sanchez says relatives in Mexico told her the government was working to eradicate the virus. She says she believes swine flu has been in Chicago for weeks."

“I think it was here before anything else,” she says. Sanchez says she knows children who have been showing symptoms of swine flu, including vomiting, headache and diarrhea for more than a month."

http://www.chitowndailynews.org/Chic...nt_panic,25745

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"While there have been no reported cases in Illinois, concerns over the potential arrival of the virus rippled through the Chicago region Monday, particularly in predominantly Mexican neighborhoods with residents who travel regularly to and from Mexico."

"Good hygiene was the lesson of the day inside Dominguez Elementary School in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Students were told to wash their hands regularly, said Principal Carmen Malave."

"With 90 percent of the school's 700 students either Mexican immigrants or Mexican-American, teachers are asking parents if their families have traveled to Mexico during the last two weeks and are monitoring potential flu symptoms, Malave said."


http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2...flu-cases.html

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"Barraza says the school in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood is
being particularly vigilant because it has a lot of Hispanic children and routinely enrolls students who’ve just arrived from Mexico - including one just last week."

Chicago Public Radio Blog » Handshakes Banned on Swine Flu Fear | News and Notes from WBEZ
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"Chicago school officials today shut down one elementary school after a child contracted a probable case of swine flu, and the Illinois Health Department says other cases are suspected."

"Chicago Public School officials said that for privacy reasons they aren't releasing any information about the student, including how the child may have contracted the illness."

Swine Flu Closes Chicago School: Probable Case At Kilmer Elementary In Rogers Park

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local...Swine-Flu.html

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"Arlette Crawford, 40, learned about the probable case of swine flu when she arrived at the school with her 5-year-old daughter, Aaliyah."

"I am pretty nervous," she said, recalling how on Tuesday she ate breakfast at the school with her daughter and they sat near another girl who had a flushed face, raspy voice and was sneezing. Crawford said she and a teacher persuaded the mother to take that child home"

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sec...rticle-6786350
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Ok who wants to bet the kid that is suspected to have the swine flu is an illegal alien?

[hamiltonra25]

Yea this is going to be pretty ****ty. I personally think we should just close the border and limit the number of disease transmitting people in the United States. Hopefully Obama will take his head out of the sand, and realize that maybe its time we stand up for our OWN country. Hate to say it but if this isnt under control soon, the stock market will crash yet again

[Avengerfire]

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Corn, Soybeans, Wheat Drop as Swine Flu May Cut Animal-Feed Use
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By Jeff Wilson and Tony C. Dreibus

"April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Soybean prices tumbled the most in two months, and grain futures fell on speculation that a swine- flu outbreak will curb demand for livestock feed and pork."

"Consumers have begun to ask supermarkets around the country whether pork can transmit the virus, Ken Goldman, a JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst, said in a report. Goldman lowered his estimates for Tyson Foods Inc. and Smithfield Foods Inc. earnings this year. "

"China, Russia, Indonesia and the Philippines have blocked imports of pork from Mexico and parts of the U.S. China banned shipments from Texas, California and Kansas, according to the country’s General Administration of Quality Supervision."