reagdog;1459118; said:
GENEVA - The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert for
swine flu to the second highest level, meaning that it believes a global
outbreak of the disease is imminent.
WHO says the phase 5 alert means there is sustained human to human
spread in at least two countries. It also signals that efforts to produce a
vaccine will be ramped up.
WHO has confirmed human cases of swine flu in Mexico, the United
States, Canada, Britain, Israel, New Zealand and Spain. Mexico and the
U.S. have reported deaths.
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan made the decision Wednesday to
raise the alert level from phase 4 - signifying transmission in only one
country - after reviewing the latest scientific evidence on the outbreak.
If the pace of the transmission of the H1N1 virus continues at its current
rate, the WHO could raise the threat level to phase 6, the highest level,
signifying that even large men and women with limited social skills could
conceivably participate in sexual trysts with the more attractive human
population, given the high stress and panic levels of a world wide pandemic
involving the collapse of the world economies, food distribution networks,
and health care. One such individual, Miss Emily Bodenheimer of Ann Arbor,
Michigan, spoke for many when she said, "There is a little silver lining in
everything...even the bad things. Maybe a boy will finally call me....or I
might meet a dead swine flu boy turned into a handsome vampire like in
Twilight...who'll appreciate a good girl that knows things, like how to
knit, not like the tattooed sluts on floor three... "
