Urgent information, not sure whether or not news media is reporting this.....

Because we don't watch TV news, I'm not sure this is being reported. This info. was found on The Tree of Liberty( I have a link on my favorite links widget) It's important, whatever you may think to inform yourself for your protection as well as that of your family. In an earlier post( should show up under Recipes in my TAGS) I posted a Four Thieves Vinegar and how to make Elderberry tinture. I pray you've already done so, as these items will become scarce if an epidemic or pandemic comes steam rolling our way. Please read the info. below and check out the added links at the bottom. Human Swine Flu Spread to Texas and Likely Import from MexicoRecombinomics Commentary 00:55April 24, 2009(MODS...please merge this thread with the Ominous signs coming from Mexico thead) Thanks in advance.http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04...ne_Mexico.htmlNow, five more cases have been seen -- all found via normal surveillance for seasonal influenza. None of the patients, whose symptoms closely resembled seasonal flu, had any direct contact with pigs."We believe at this point that human-to-human spread is occurring," Schuchat said. "That's unusual. We don't know yet how widely it is spreading ... We are also working with international partners to understand what is occurring in other parts of the world."Two of the new cases were among 16-year-olds at the same school in San Antonio "and there's a father-daughter pair in California," Schuchat said. One of the boys whose cases was reported on Tuesday had flown to Dallas but the CDC has found no links to the other Texas cases.Only one of the seven cases was sick enough to be hospitalized and all have recovered, Schuchat said.The above comments in Reuters describe several points made in today’s CDC conference call. The additional confirmed cases leave little doubt that the swine flu is transmitting human-to-human and has now been confirmed in three distinct locations in two states (see updated map), confirming sustained transmission.The infection of classmates in San Antonio, as well as the father and daughter in California further highlight efficient transmission. The hospitalization of one patient, who had been on a ventilator, raises concerns that infections will produce a wide range of presentations.The location of the confirmed cases in states that border Mexico, as well as media reports of pneumonia in Canadian travelers returning from Mexico, strongly suggests that the outbreak of influenza in Mexico is also swine flu.The confirmed cases in the United States likely represent a pandemic of H1N1 swine flu. At this point, most confirmed cases in the United States have been mild and there have been no confirmed fatalities. However, in Mexico there has been a high case fatality rate among young adults, 25-44, with atypical pneumonia, which has similarities with the 1918 pandemic.Moreover, the 1918 pandemic was composed of eight gene segments representing recombination between H1N1 seasonal flu and H1N1 swine flu.An efficiently transmitted swine flu can lead to co-infection with H1N1 seasonal flu. Oseltamivir resistance (H274Y) has become fixed in H1N1 seasonal flu, raising concerns that recombination or reassortment will lead to Tamiflu resistance in the swine flu, which is already resistant to amantadine and rimantadine. Moreover, the existing trivalent seasonal flu vaccine will likely offer little protection.The spread of swine flu in the United States, and likely import from Mexico, creates a major cause for concern. Canada Issues Alert on Severe Respiratory Disease in MexicoRecombinomics Commentary 02:22April 23, 2009http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04...ico_Alert.htmlThe Public Health Agency of Canada has told quarantine services to be on alert for travellers returning from Mexico after a number of severe respiratory illnesses (SRI) were reported in some regions of the country.PHAC, in an April 20 report, said Mexican officials informed the Canadian health agency that the "case-fatality rate was relatively high" and that most cases involved healthy adults between the ages of 25 and 44. A number of health-care workers were also affected.Although no cause has been confirmed, some samples were positive for influenza A and B.The above comments on an alert issued by Canada offer some insight into the situation in Mexico. The reports out of Mexico are decidedly mixed. Some reports describe an increase in influenza cases which is attributed to a late spike in influenza B, which when combined with influenza A, gives an abnormally high number of cases this late in the season. Other reports discuss revaccinating at risk groups with the current trivalent vaccine.Samples have been sent to Canada for a comprehensive analysis.The increased influenza-like illness and fatalities was announced as the CDC issued an MMWR dispatch on H1N1 swine flu. Two cases have been confirmed in children (9F and 10M) and family members had mild symptoms but were not tested. The precise location of the clusters in southern California has not been released, but one cluster is in San Diego Country, while the other is 100 miles away in Imperial County (see updated map). Additional suspect cases in Imperial County have been noted and it is likely that these cases are near the border with Mexico. Some media reports also note that some contacts have not been interviewed because they were in Mexico.It remains unclear if these two outbreaks are related. All reported cases in California have been mild, and the two confirmed cases were influenza A positive, but failed to sub-type for seasonal flu. It is unclear if sub-typing failures have led to the confusing reports out of Mexico.More information on these cases, and results of analysis in Canada, would be useful. Similarly, a more precise location and number of confirmed and suspect cases in the United States would be useful. More info. Links; http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04...ne_Mexico.html http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04...ico_Alert.html http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...,25.488281&z=5