health officials say has killed up to 86 people and likely sickened about 1,400 in the country

[seemslikeadream]

http://www.montereyherald.com/national/ci_12230784?nclick_check=1

Swine flu empties Mexico City's churches, streets
By DAVID KOOP Associated Press Writer
Updated: 04/26/2009 10:34:19 AM PDT


A police officer, wearing a surgical mask, guards the entrance to... ((AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills))«12345»MEXICO CITY—Churches stood empty Sunday in heavily Roman Catholic Mexico City after services were canceled, and health workers screened airports and bus stations for people sickened by a new strain of swine flu that experts fear could become a global epidemic.
Mayor Marcelo Ebrardo said two more people died of swine flu overnight in the overcrowded capital, and three other deaths are suspected to have been caused by the strain. Another 73 more people were hospitalized with influenza, possible swine flu.

City Health Secretary Armando Ahued said most of the fatalities involve victims who only sought medical help after the disease was well advanced and urged people to seek urgent care


Residents wearing face masks stand outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City, Sunday, April 26, 2009. Churches stood empty Sunday morning in heavily Catholic Mexico City after services were canceled due to a new strain of swine flu that has people increasingly fearful and that health officials say could become a global epidemic. ((AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills))assumed new powers to isolate people infected with the deadly swine flu strain that health officials say has killed up to 86 people and likely sickened about 1,400 in the country since April 13





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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5525734&mesg_id=5525734

[skooooo]

1. Why is it only killing people in Mexico??

Doesn't make much sense to me.

[seemslikeadream]

2. health care isn't the best

access

[stray cat]

3. Possibilities: many more infections and tip of iceberg,

differences in virus, differences in previous exposures, differences in health care and nutrition etc. All are currently being analyzed -

[RaleighNCDUer]

4. 86 out of 1400 is an absurdly high mortality rate - nearly 7% -

but it probably stems from under-reporting of actual cases. The 1918 pandemic only had a 2% mortality rate.

I'd bet at least half the people who get the flu are just staying home and not reporting it.