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Monday, April 27, 2009

Is mexico being punished by God? It the Swine Flu the new Plague?

According to CNN, The number of killer swine flu cases identified in Queens jumped from eight to 28 overnight, but no one is gravely ill, officials said today. Plague

Mayor Bloomberg said another 17 possible victims are being monitored but added all the cases are associated with the St. Francis Prep school in Fresh Meadows."We have one reported cluster of swine flu at one school," Bloomberg said.

He said calls to every intensive care unit in the city turned up no one who is sick with the flu. Dr. Richard Besser at the federal Centers for Disease Control said the jump in the Queens numbers "represents additional testing, not a spread of that cluster."

About 100 students and parents at the school are believed to have been infected with the flu. Only one person was hospitalized and has recovered. The CDC said there are now 40 cases in America, none serious.The World Health Organization said the killer flu was spreading globally.

"WHO is very concerned about the number of cases that are appearing, and the fact that more and more cases are appearing in different countries," said WHO spokesman Paul Garwood.

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