By: Jessica Perez
Translation: Lorena Vargas
Translation: Lorena Vargas
The World Health Organization (WHO) raised the alert level to phase 5 on its scale after a two year old died in Texas as a consequence of the swine flu. Citizens of other countries like United States and Spain were already infected with the swine flu when this event occurred, but for some reason, the international media pointed its finger at Mexico and labeled our country as “highly dangerous.”
Not one newspaper or TV station mentioned that according to members of the WHO, countries like Great Britain will be struck by the swine flu and that it will spread over the course of sixth months and infect 40% of its population, a lesser number than those already infected in Mexico.
The majority of opinions toward the subject of the swine flu lack scientific facts and it seems that everybody is bent on spreading a worldwide panic. Words like “contagious”, “death”, “no cure”, and “expansion” seem to be repeated over and over again, causing fear and panic among the population.
All the news about the swine flu has successfully captured people’s attention and has made them forget, if only for weeks, the economic crisis we now face. I have no doubt in my mind that the swine flu exists; however, it has been blown out of proportion.
In Mexico all the demonstrations that were supposed to take place on the 1st of May were canceled.
We have to forget the troubles we are going through in this country, seeing that we now face a pandemic of swine flu, although there are only 148 infected and 8 dead around the world.
But Mexico is not the only one to blame for “infecting” the world. United States has many infected citizens and one confirmed dead, Canada has 13 infected, Germany has 3, Israel 2, New Zealand 3, Spain 4 and Great Britain has 5.
But as always, Mexico is the one to blame and the guilty one for letting the swine flu spread. It is always easier to blame Mexico seeing as we are a Third World country and all. If we look closely, most of the deaths that have occurred in the last few weeks have not been closely linked to the AN1H1, as many of the infected died from complications of pneumonia or tuberculosis.
It is important to mention that the world already has a savior. Big Pharma has been authorized by the WHO to start working on a vaccine against this disease. This is a great economic opportunity for this company and everybody involved in the creation of the vaccine.
Not one newspaper or TV station mentioned that according to members of the WHO, countries like Great Britain will be struck by the swine flu and that it will spread over the course of sixth months and infect 40% of its population, a lesser number than those already infected in Mexico.
The majority of opinions toward the subject of the swine flu lack scientific facts and it seems that everybody is bent on spreading a worldwide panic. Words like “contagious”, “death”, “no cure”, and “expansion” seem to be repeated over and over again, causing fear and panic among the population.
All the news about the swine flu has successfully captured people’s attention and has made them forget, if only for weeks, the economic crisis we now face. I have no doubt in my mind that the swine flu exists; however, it has been blown out of proportion.
In Mexico all the demonstrations that were supposed to take place on the 1st of May were canceled.
We have to forget the troubles we are going through in this country, seeing that we now face a pandemic of swine flu, although there are only 148 infected and 8 dead around the world.
But Mexico is not the only one to blame for “infecting” the world. United States has many infected citizens and one confirmed dead, Canada has 13 infected, Germany has 3, Israel 2, New Zealand 3, Spain 4 and Great Britain has 5.
But as always, Mexico is the one to blame and the guilty one for letting the swine flu spread. It is always easier to blame Mexico seeing as we are a Third World country and all. If we look closely, most of the deaths that have occurred in the last few weeks have not been closely linked to the AN1H1, as many of the infected died from complications of pneumonia or tuberculosis.
It is important to mention that the world already has a savior. Big Pharma has been authorized by the WHO to start working on a vaccine against this disease. This is a great economic opportunity for this company and everybody involved in the creation of the vaccine.
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