North Carolina “Involuntarily Isolating” Suspected Swine Flu Patients
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Disturbing reports have emerged that suggest North Carolina is involuntarily quarantining patients who may have the flu virus that is thought to be spreading across the U.S. and the rest of the globe.
The details appear in a report by Adam Owens of...
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source: http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-25-swine-flu-smithfield/
When pigs flu
Swine-flu outbreak could be linked to Smithfield factory farms
One flu east, one flu westThe outbreak of a new flu strain—a nasty mash-up of swine, avian, and human viruses—has infected 1,000 people in Mexico and the U.S., killing 68. The World Health Organization warned Saturday that the outbreak could reach global pandemic...
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Swine Flu May Have Reached North Carolina
Written by Adam Hicks
Tuesday, April 28 2009
There have been a few reports of suspected swine flu cases across North Carolina.
According to the Associated Press, investigators were gathering specimens yesterday in Raleigh to determine whether the disease had spread to the state.
Investigators haven’t said where the...
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U.S. swine flu cases grow to 91
The number of confirmed swine flu cases in the United States has risen to 91 and is spread across 10 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
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US wants ingredient in swine flu vaccine by May (AP)
AP – U.S. scientists hope to have a key ingredient for a swine flu vaccine ready in early May, but are finding that the novel virus grows slowly in eggs � the chief way flu vaccines are made.
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Egypt orders slaughter of all pigs over swine flu (AP)
AP – Egypt began slaughtering the roughly 300,000 pigs in the country Wednesday as a precautionary measure against the spread of swine flu even though no cases have been reported here yet, the Health Ministry said.
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WHO says swine flu moving closer to pandemic (AP)
AP – The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the swine flu outbreak is moving closer to becoming a pandemic, as the United States reported the first swine flu death outside of Mexico, and Germany and Austria became the latest European nations hit by the...
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Microbe proving too clever for technology…
Microbe proving too clever for technology...
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At least 5 hospitalized in US with swine flu (AP)
AP – At least five people were in U.S. hospitals with swine flu as the number of cases nationwide rose to 66 on Tuesday and a federal health official warned that deaths were likely.
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