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Ryan Kiernan

Swine Flu Here is an article on [|Swine Flu]
 * cases in the US doubled to 40(April 28)
 * flu related deaths in Mexico reached 152(April 28)
 * the alarm level is currently 4(April 28)
 * enough courses of treatment for 400 million people
 * A fifth of those treatments would be made in the U.S.

I think that you should get vaccinated for the Swine Flu. It is a very serious illness and is spreading quickly as now 9 countries have reported illnesses. Mexico has reported at least 159 flu related deaths. US health officals reported that there were a total of 91 cases in the United States including 51 cases in New York, 16 in Texas,14 in California, a few others across the nation, and 1 death to a 22-month-old toddler in Texas. The alert level has recently been raised from 4 to 5. There are about 400 million courses of treatment but only one fifth of those would be made to the US. Many of the cases have been related to travel to Mexico. Almost all of the cases outside of Mexico have had only light symptoms and only a few have been hospitalized. Many countries including the United States, Canada, and the European Union have discouraged nonessential trips to Mexico and some even to the United States and Canada. The Swine Flu should be taken seriously and eveyone should consider getting vaccinated for their own saftey.