The Crocodile Pandemic: Age of Swinus by Marguerita

drawing by marguerita                                    Sympathy and trust abounding 

The flu that is moving through humans appears to have a combination of genes from two normally separate sets of pigs, those from the Americas and fromEurasia, scientists say. However, it is unk

nown how those pigs met, and there is not yet any genetic proof that this particular flu was ever in a pig.Now, scientists say, the hunt is on for what is jokingly being called Pig Zero.

“No one that I’m aware of has swabbed pigs for this yet,” Dr. Juan Lubroth, chief of veterinary investigations for the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, said Wednesday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/health/01origin.html?ref=global-home

 a variation on the theme by

5th Dimension

When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars

This is the dawning of the age of Swinus
The age of Swinus
Swinus!

Swinus!

Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Swinus!
Swinus!

When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars

This is the dawning of the age of Swinus
The age of  Swinus
Swinus!
Swinus!

Swine Divine: May WE LIVEIN F EAR,Amen or SHOCKand SWINE

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The Emergency Committee, established in compliance with the International Health Regulations (2005), held its second meeting on 27 April 2009.

Related links Swine influenza Current WHO phase of pandemic alert International Health Regulations (IHR)

The Committee considered available data on confirmed outbreaks of A/H1N1 swine influenza in the United States of America, Mexico, and Canada. The Committee also considered reports of possible spread to additional countries.

On the advice of the Committee, the WHO Director-General decided on the following.

• The Director-General has raised the level of influenza pandemic alert from the current phase 3 to phase 4.
  
  The change to a higher phase of pandemic alert indicates that the likelihood of a pandemic has increased, but not that a pandemic is inevitable.
  
  As further information becomes available, WHO may decide to either revert to phase 3 or raise the level of alert to another phase.
  
  This decision was based primarily on epidemiological data demonstrating human-to-human transmission and the ability of the virus to cause community-level outbreaks.
  
  
• Given the widespread presence of the virus, the Director-General considered that containment of the outbreak is not feasible. The current focus should be on mitigation measures.
  
  
• The Director-General recommended not to close borders and not to restrict international travel. It was considered prudent for people who are ill to delay international travel and for people developing symptoms following international travel to seek medical attention.
  
  
• The Director-General considered that production of seasonal influenza vaccine should continue at this time, subject to re-evaluation as the situation evolves. WHO will facilitate the process needed to develop a vaccine effective against A(H1N1) virus.
  
  
• The Director-General stressed that all measures should conform with the purpose and scope of the International Health Regulations.

WHO | Current WHO phase of pandemic alert
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