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Originally Posted by Charlatan
It has now officially spread to the middle east and Asia and WHO says there is no way to contain it.
That said, the urgency here seems to be that it is spreading a lot faster than other Type A flus. The good news is that it isn't appearing to be as deadly as first feared (so far it is less fatal than SARS) and the safeguards put in place for early detection appear to be working.
I am convinced there is cause for concern but not for panic.
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It could be that there is a co-infection - specific to Mexico - working in conjunction with the influenza to make it more deadly in Mexico itself, and without that co-infection it won't be so deadly in the rest of the world, but only time will tell.
As for the travel restrictions - meh, in 1918, with much more limited travel, 40 million died, including in the world's most remote communities in Alaska, Africa, India, etc. I question how much such travel restrictions will help.