Swine Flu Starts in Mexico, Affects People in Many Countries, Including the U.S.

Posted Thursday, April 30, 2009

Featured on Episode 29 of the 2008-2009 season

Today marks President Obama's 100th day in office and instead of focusing solely on the economy, he was thrown a curve ball. The country and the world is on edge about swine flu. The most serious cases were reported in Mexico, but swine flu has spread to several countries including Israel, New Zealand and here in the United States. One person in the U.S has now died from swine flu - that was a baby, in Texas. Over the weekend, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland held a press conference about the one confirmed Ohio case of swine flu in Elyria. The Ohio Department of Health has established a toll-free information line for people with questions about the flu.

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Tatjana Stojanovic 7:10 PM 4/30/09

I have heard a lot about the swine flew lately. I heard that in order to get the swine flew you need to breathe it in. Also the swine flew came from pigs in Mexico. I am not that into killing but why don’t they jusst kill the pigs in Mexico where it is starting and so no one else will get the desease?

mariah goff 5:37 PM 5/5/09

I think it was a neat and cool idea to biuld a garden on top of the doods roof,Iwould never have the guts to ever go and get on top of my roof. It most of taken lots of time and work and mony to biuld that garden.

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