Swine flu. Mexico City and Hospital Quarantine with update

I talked to family in Mexico City this afternoon.

Schools have been shut down untill May 6th.  Bars, gyms and theaters have been shut down too.  They are handing out face masks, (or mouth/nose) for people riding the sub-way.  It seems that, HOSPITAL JUAREZ, one of the biggest hospitals in Mexico City has been quarantined.  There was an earthquake in central Mexico to make matters worse. Only causing somepeople to say they feel like it is a lot to handle or to be worried about on the same day.  This morning Obama said there was no need to panic, but now there are 40 confirmed cases in the United States.  Talking to another cousin that lives in Mexico City and I mentioned reading that some people felt that these were signs of the end of the world.  We agreed that is was not, but I said it was sad that some people were feeling so bad and he said, “But I live in an apocalpytic city.”   That kind of helped put another perspective on things.  As a person actually living in that City right now, opposed to someone reading about the city.

Another cousin of mine says she is sad that she cant go anywhere, because of the risk of contracting the virus.  She is a concert go-er 19-year-old.  She says that it is very rare.   Some people say that it is not such a big deal, while others say that they (the government presumably) does not know how it will be controlled.  Some people have stoped going to work while others are still going, she said.  But places are shutting down.

Four more cases in California have been confirmed, while 28 students of a private school in New York that travelled to Mexico have now been confirmed to have the virus.  Felipe Calderon has declared a state of emergency and also said that religious mass should be cancelled at least for this following Sunday and until further notice. This seems horrible, especially since religion is part of the foundation of Mexico, the people that feel a need to go to church must feel extra hurt by this.  Mexican news papers also clarified that the Health condition of Barrack Obama was safe, due to concerns of last months visit to Mexico City.  I wanted to make sure that American news papers were reporting similar stories to what the Mexican papers are reporting, being that sometimes sometime, things are lost in translation.  Other facts, I get from my family…I will continue to add as I get more information.

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