Obama greeted by possible flu victim

[B2G]

Holy crap.

snip:

Obama’s Visit

The first case was seen in Mexico on April 13. The outbreak coincided with the President Barack Obama’s trip to Mexico City on April 16. Obama was received at Mexico’s anthropology museum in Mexico City by Felipe Solis, a distinguished archeologist who died the following day from symptoms similar to flu, Reforma newspaper reported. The newspaper didn’t confirm if Solis had swine flu or not.


http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aEsNownABJ6Q&refer=worldwide

[louis-t]

1. Whoa!

[uppityperson]

2. Obama's health fine after trip to Mexico (link, story...)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iZbj-IlRB1mRLJeFH0PmTPz88VOQD97PNLSO0

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's health is fine a little more than a week after he traveled to Mexico, where an outbreak of swine flu has killed at least 68 people and sickened more than 1,000, the White House said Saturday. "The president's trip to Mexico has not put his health in any danger," said spokesman Robert Gibbs.

The World Health Organization's director-general, Margaret Chan, said the outbreak of the never-before-seen virus is a very serious situation and has "pandemic potential." Obama was in Mexico last week to meet with top government officials and talk about the growing problem with drug smuggling and border violence.

Obama is being updated on the swine flu outbreak in Mexico, with the Homeland Security Council monitoring the situation along with the State Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The disease has already reached Texas and California and on Saturday, New York officials said eight students probably have swine flu. With 24 new suspected cases reported Saturday in Mexico City alone, schools were closed and all public events suspended in the capital until further notice — including more than 500 concerts and other gatherings in the metropolis of 20 million.

[B2G]

4. Yeah, I know

And it looks like this thing has a very quick incubation period.

But I would be shitting bricks about right now.

[Ian David]

7. McCain would have bombed Mexico by now. n/t

[northernlights]

12. incubation is 2-10 days

So the President should be out of the woods. Phew.

[Ian David]

6. Missed him by that much.

[vaberella]

16. Perfect reason to push health care reform, so we can manage outbreaks easier.

Glad to know our Pres is alright.

[Ian David]

3. I suddenly feel the need to buy more tinfoil. n/t

[liberalmuse]

8. Could I borrow some of yours? n/t

[Pisces]

9. Mock if you will, the coincidence should not be lost on everybody.

I certainly had a strange reaction when I first read this story. Biowarfare is a real threat.

[B2G]

10. Exactly my first thought N/T

[NYC Liberal]

14. Anyone see '24' - the terrorist Mandy puts a clear tape covered with a virus on

the palm of her hand and shakes President Palmer's had - it almost kills him.

I thought of it immediately.

[Cha]

5. That's too sad..

and, so quick!

[windbreeze]

11. now what should this mean to someone who does NOT believe

in coincidences..sure gives for interesting thoughts...sad the guy died the next day...and I just know, he didn't have ANY symptoms of being ill BEFORE greeting the prez or shaking his hand?? Not even a fever?? IF that's the case, then this will kill millions before they even realize they are ill...wb

[Beacool]

13. That's terrible, poor man.

Fine one day and dead the next, what a loss.

As if the world didn't have enough problems at the moment now we all got to worry about the swine flu. If I get my hands on the Chinese guy that came up with the "may you live in interesting times" saying, I'm going to beat him up.

x(

[IndianaGreen]

15. He died of an apparent heart attack, according to Mexican newspaper

El arqueólogo e historiador Felipe Solís Olguín, director del Museo Nacional de Antropología desde el año 2000, falleció ayer a las 7:00 horas a consecuencia de un paro cardiaco.

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cultura/59172.html

Archeologist and historian Felipe Solís Olguín, director of the National Museum of Anthropology since 2000, passed away yesterday at 7 am of an apparent heart attack.