Swine Flu Pandemic – COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU

It is almost like SARS all over again. The only thing we can hope for this time is that it is managed and everyone has learned from the SARS mistakes.

There have been 20 confirmed cases of Swine Flu in the United States and 6 confirmed cases of Swine Flu in Canada (Nova Scotia and British Columbia) and the cases are expected to rise as it spreads to more and more people.

It is times like this that you can see how quickly something could spread and could potentially wipe out the population really quickly. Not that Swine Flu has the ability to do that, but it just makes you realize how quickly things can spiral out of control.

I feel bad for people in Mexico, especially Mexico City. It must be rough on them having most of the city shut down and being worried about going outside of your house. I will keep an eye on this story just as anyone else and hope we can get it contained before it becomes a major problem.

I think Mexico will have to do some major PR work to get people to come back after this is all over. Canada went through it after SARS, we had to spend loads of money just to keep people coming up here and not being afraid in the wake of SARS.

Resources:
City News
CNN Confirmed Cases Map
Wikipedia: Swine Flu
CDC Swine Flu