Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Second Swine Flu Death Confirmed

UPDATE: Just caught this on the way out

Hey folks,

I just caught this on my way out of the office. According to Reuters - Flu virus kills Texas woman, more cases expected

HOUSTON (Reuters) – A Texas woman with the H1N1 flu virus died earlier this week, state health officials said, the second death outside of Mexico, where the epidemic appeared to be waning.

Officials said on Tuesday the woman, who was in her 30s, had chronic health problems. U.S. health officials have predicted that the swine flu virus would spread and inevitably kill some people, just as seasonal flu does.

Last week a Mexican toddler visiting Texas also died. Mexican officials have reported 29 confirmed deaths.

The World Health Organization said 21 countries have officially reported 1,490 cases of the flu virus. The United States has 403 confirmed cases in 38 states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, with another 700 "probable" cases. Canada has reported 165 cases.


Guess it wasn't a typo. See you tomorrow.
Peter

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bullshit.

Peter said...

Uh, OK.

Thank you for that Intellectual addition to the,, Well, actually I'm not even sure what you disagree with. {Smile}

Welcome to the OPNTalk Blog anyway.
Peter