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		<description>I don&#039;t promote violence or try and say bad things about people . I guess the government might see me as a useless eater or cannon fodder . I refuse to get on housing , food stamps or participate in there heathcare bill . I do odd jobs to make it and live in a 12x10 foot room at friends because i was homeless .In a way i guess i can say i still am in a way because i don&#039;t have my own place to call home . I think they will pick out the people who are getting welfare first and go from there , we are living in a country who has no regard for human life and i truely believe this . Something is going on that is real bad for all U.S. citizens and i hope i don&#039;t live to see it , cause it&#039;s going to be bad . I know about some things because of family members who use to be in military and for family sake told us . All i can say is the main media outlets are being told what to say and not . It&#039;s up to the people who are aware of these things to get them out in the open to others .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t promote violence or try and say bad things about people . I guess the government might see me as a useless eater or cannon fodder . I refuse to get on housing , food stamps or participate in there heathcare bill . I do odd jobs to make it and live in a 12&#215;10 foot room at friends because i was homeless .In a way i guess i can say i still am in a way because i don&#8217;t have my own place to call home . I think they will pick out the people who are getting welfare first and go from there , we are living in a country who has no regard for human life and i truely believe this . Something is going on that is real bad for all U.S. citizens and i hope i don&#8217;t live to see it , cause it&#8217;s going to be bad . I know about some things because of family members who use to be in military and for family sake told us . All i can say is the main media outlets are being told what to say and not . It&#8217;s up to the people who are aware of these things to get them out in the open to others .</p>
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		<description>@Anonymous 12/26/09 6:11 pm:

Your post was published inadvertently, and we cannot unpublish it without stripping all comments from all posts. Future posts proposing violence will NOT be published.

FreeRangeHumans.net does NOT advocate violence, with one exception. Criminals convicted of TREASON against their country may be punished by death.

While the parties you mention have committed treason, they are only willing puppets of the criminals at the very TOP, who must be stopped, if we are ever to take back control of America - and the world.</description>
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<p>Your post was published inadvertently, and we cannot unpublish it without stripping all comments from all posts. Future posts proposing violence will NOT be published.</p>
<p>FreeRangeHumans.net does NOT advocate violence, with one exception. Criminals convicted of TREASON against their country may be punished by death.</p>
<p>While the parties you mention have committed treason, they are only willing puppets of the criminals at the very TOP, who must be stopped, if we are ever to take back control of America &#8211; and the world.</p>
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		<description>why isnt anyone, or any group of people or communities or what not coming together and help save themselves? Thats the question that should be spread, not more stories, or indeed facts! &quot;The franklin scandal&quot; check that out and that should rest assure that not only is this blog 100% correct, it is a fact the americans are in for there own deaths.

cheney/bush/clinton/and the rest should be shot! NOW!</description>
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<p>cheney/bush/clinton/and the rest should be shot! NOW!</p>
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		<description>The place at 11 wards lane is were the truck turns off. if you google earth 11 wards lane you will see the road goes to the back of the big building at 150 Broadway Menands NY.

WHICH is the VERY place that the flu genome project is in Wadsworth center labs. They also KEEP collections of contagious pathogens. PARTICULARLY flu strains.
Wads worth center is all were the flu surveillance program is based. And they are PART of the center for CDC and the NY dept of health. DR David Wentworth also works there and hes a leading scientist of influenza in humans birds and swine. Wadsworth&#039;s center also developed gene revers engineering and claimed to of made a version of the 1918 n1h1 virus.

But Don&#039;t take my word for it look it all up its all public info.

Google &quot;Wadsworth center&quot; &quot;DR.David Wentworth&quot;
Then google them together with words like flu or swine flu and your see lots of good info.

try &quot;Wadsworth center 150 Broadway&quot; and then google 11 wards lane again and look at ware that road behind 11 wards lane goes. wads worth center las labs in THAT BUILDING and they work with INFLUENZA Virus&#039;s

http://www.wadsworth.org/resnres/bios/wentworth_pubs.htm

notice Dr wentworth from wadsworth center paper on &quot;Transmission of swine influenza virus to humans after exposure to experimentally infected pigs.&quot;
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8985190?dopt=Abstract

An influenza A (H1N1) virus, closely related to swine influenza virus, responsible for a fatal case of human influenza http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8138990?dopt=Abstract

This Dr wentworth works at Wadsworth center and is the head of there flu program. and its inside the building at 150 Broadway

The whole building at 150 Broadway is called Riverview Center. But Wadsworth center has labs in the building at 150 Broadway.

Which makes it real hard to dismiss the truck driver going there to get what he is saying is some type of flu virus. esp sense THATS the building it would be stored in and thats also were all known suspected cases of this pig flu thats going around HAVE to be sent for testing.

the building mentioned thats at Broadway and Clinton in Albany is the Leo O&#039;Brien fed building and that DOES have the DHS in side it as well as other agencies.
Including the dept of health. (Wadsworth) and the Albany pharmaceutical collage has offices there.

to get to the back loading docks of 150 broadway wich is the old wards building and dept store. which is now called the riverview center building. Tho all the old time locals still call it the wards building.

http://maps.live.com:80/?v=2&amp;encType=1&amp;sp=Point.r3dp2s8vp345_11%20Wards%20Ln%2C%20Menands%2C%20NY%2012204-2103____~Point.r3f1jm8vp63d_ward%20building_place%20trucker%20takes%20bird%20flu%20after%20picking%20up%20in%20albany%20at%20fed%20building___~Point.r387258vmt0q_fed%20building%20dhs____~Point.r3m2tx8vqtx6_benit%20labs%20bld%20%231%20at%20arsenal____~Point.r3m34g8vqsjf_benit%20labs%20bld%20%232%20at%20arsenal____~Point.r3n8hf8vc6gp_30%20karner%20road need to go to birds eye view to see the 150 broadway and 11 wards lane notice the drive way like road if you turned behind the verizon building at 11 wards lane.

Now here is some thing that shows the physical address of wads worth center. http://www.wadsworth.org/parasitology/pdf/Malaria_registration_form.pdf

also here is some listings from the states phone directory showing some of the Drs and staff that work at wadsworth center.

http://www6.oft.state.ny.us/telecom/phones/indSearch.do?areaCode=allAreaCodes&amp;type=&amp;d-3629277-s=puStreet&amp;d-3629277-n=1&amp;searchAgencyId=52&amp;prefix=&amp;cityId=0&amp;d-3629277-p=25&amp;phoneNumber=&amp;d-3629277-o=2

Wadsworth Ctr . 518-485-5570 DOH Albany 150 New Scotland Ave.
Albano Rosemary 518-474-8161 DOH Menands 150 Broadway
Alexander Anne 518-474-8161 DOH Menands 150 Broadway
Anderson Kim 518-474-8161 DOH Menands 150 Broadway
Anderson Linda 518-474-8161 DOH Menands 150 Broadway
Baron Adam 518-474-8161 DOH Menands 150 Broadway
Bick Jonathan 518-474-8161 DOH Menands 150 Broadway
Brewer Paula 518-402-7339 DOH Menands 150 Broadway
Chanese Gregory 518-402-7331 DOH Menands 150 Broadway
Curtin, M.D. Jonathan 518-474-8161 DOH Menands 150 Broadway
Dacus Heather 518-474-1222 DOH Menands 150 Broadway
Decker Robert 518-257-4501 DOH Menands 150 Broadway
Demars Aaron 518-474-8161 DOH Menands 150 Broadway
Donnelly James E 518-257-4554 DOH Menands 150 Broadway
Donovan Tom 518-257-4461 DOH Menands 150 Broadway
Dwore Robert. 518-408-5075 DOH Menands 150 Broadway
Feagin Naima 518-408-0301 DOH Menands 150 Broadway
Feuerstein Stuart 518-474-8161 DOH Menands 150 Broadway

Now thats its established that wadsworth center is in 150 broadway now check out some stuff from wadsworth center.


http://www.wadsworth.org/educate/lecture_series/2008/quicktime/wentworth_qktm.html here isa video of a dr wentsworth talking about what they do there.

http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/Wadsworth?ie=iso-8859-1&amp;oe=iso-8859-1&amp;q=swine&amp;sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wadsworth.org%2F&amp;domains=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wadsworth.org%2F

http://www.wadsworth.org/new/species/influenza.htm

http://www.wadsworth.org/resnres/bioinfo/

http://www.wadsworth.org/resnres/bios/wentworth_pubs.htm profile page for dr david went worth

here is some of his studies that have to do with pig flu and humans.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8138990?dopt=Abstract An influenza A (H1N1) virus, closely related to swine influenza virus, responsible for a fatal case of human influenza

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8985190?dopt=Abstract
Transmission of swine influenza virus to humans after exposure to experimentally infected pigs.

humans.and pigs hummmm then if wadsworth center and DHS is googled all sorts of stuff from DHS mention wads worth enter.

http://wwwn.cdc.gov/cliac/pdf/addenda/cliac0102/sturman0102.pdf 
Wadsworth Center&#039;s Bioterrorism Experience


http://www.wadsworth.org/bms/syllabi/BMS_556_Biodefense_Laboratory_Sciences_Fall_2008.pdf

http://www.sunshine-project.org/biodefense/blsmapside2.pdf list showing High Containment Labs and Other Facilities of the US Biodefense Program
showing wads worth as a level 3 and applying for a level 4 lab, This was from 2006 so I would think the level 4 lab is up and going esp as wadsworth center is the very place that approves all bio labs.

Thats just a protion of what o have showing that wads worth center in 150 broadway definitely deals with deady virus strains including some that make the flu look like childs play.

they are also the place that invented rever genome sequencing. IE the very place that knows how to genetically make any sort of virus they want to make.i

Its also the ONLY place any were around these parts that some one would have to go to pick up a truck load of any sort of deadly virus.

IF there is any thing at all with this story of this trucker going to the DHS building in albany to 11 wards lan to wait for a truck to be loaded. Being there is NOTHING at 11 wards lane but a building used by verizon and a access road in to the back of 150 broadway wadsworth center.

another thing is wadsworth is the surveillance agency responsible for tracking all infectious illness like flu and sars. all samples for testing get sent to wadsworth labs as they are the CDCs main testing lab and have house the data base for all known strains. they are also right now the ONLY lab that can postivly test for this new pig/human/bird virus going around right now. (noval h1n1) ie mexican pig flu

Other parts of the truck drivers story also check out like the place he describes going to with a big wallmarts warehouse.

I just happen to know were that is because its right in side a facility I have been watching suspecting it may bea fema camp because they have been building it up and its a closed millitary base. (the old scotia ny navy depot wich was part of the sttigic stock pile program during the cold war.)

Well the out side perimeter of the place is blocked from public view But on google earth you can see the wall marts ware house and lots of JB hunt trucks. There are also a lot of were houses up that way used by GE. They were big time suppliers for military and government stuff GE is were they make Ge jet plane engines used in military aircraft. But there has been activity for the last few years up at the closed nay dept and the wall marts facility. Even from goggle earth millitary trucks and humvees can be see hidden behind the wall marts and jb hunt.

They even have train cars on a back sideing that are amtrack engine pulling closed car carrier type cars. (you know the classic fema prisoner cars)

Amtrack has no track any were in that area whats so ever. its conrail and burlinton northern lines. They also keep these cars and the some of the engines under huge white fitted tarps.

So the driver saying he also went to places in that area seems to fit to. because that site has fema training at that location and the wall marts and JB hunts place is verifiably checking out to. Its also connected by rail to the air national guard base were the 109th air lift group is located and they are the only place in this part of the country that even have c-130 pllanes also justlike the driver said he has gone to bases that had c-130&#039;s the 109th has c-130&#039;s and has a east coast vershion of DHS rapid responce combat brigade like north comm has stationed in california. For rounding up citizens when martial law gets declared.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The place at 11 wards lane is were the truck turns off. if you google earth 11 wards lane you will see the road goes to the back of the big building at 150 Broadway Menands NY.</p>
<p>WHICH is the VERY place that the flu genome project is in Wadsworth center labs. They also KEEP collections of contagious pathogens. PARTICULARLY flu strains.<br />
Wads worth center is all were the flu surveillance program is based. And they are PART of the center for CDC and the NY dept of health. DR David Wentworth also works there and hes a leading scientist of influenza in humans birds and swine. Wadsworth&#8217;s center also developed gene revers engineering and claimed to of made a version of the 1918 n1h1 virus.</p>
<p>But Don&#8217;t take my word for it look it all up its all public info.</p>
<p>Google &#8220;Wadsworth center&#8221; &#8220;DR.David Wentworth&#8221;<br />
Then google them together with words like flu or swine flu and your see lots of good info.</p>
<p>try &#8220;Wadsworth center 150 Broadway&#8221; and then google 11 wards lane again and look at ware that road behind 11 wards lane goes. wads worth center las labs in THAT BUILDING and they work with INFLUENZA Virus&#8217;s</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wadsworth.org/resnres/bios/wentworth_pubs.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.wadsworth.org/resnres/bios/wentworth_pubs.htm</a></p>
<p>notice Dr wentworth from wadsworth center paper on &#8220;Transmission of swine influenza virus to humans after exposure to experimentally infected pigs.&#8221;<br />
<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8985190?dopt=Abstract" rel="nofollow">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8985190?dopt=Abstract</a></p>
<p>An influenza A (H1N1) virus, closely related to swine influenza virus, responsible for a fatal case of human influenza <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8138990?dopt=Abstract" rel="nofollow">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8138990?dopt=Abstract</a></p>
<p>This Dr wentworth works at Wadsworth center and is the head of there flu program. and its inside the building at 150 Broadway</p>
<p>The whole building at 150 Broadway is called Riverview Center. But Wadsworth center has labs in the building at 150 Broadway.</p>
<p>Which makes it real hard to dismiss the truck driver going there to get what he is saying is some type of flu virus. esp sense THATS the building it would be stored in and thats also were all known suspected cases of this pig flu thats going around HAVE to be sent for testing.</p>
<p>the building mentioned thats at Broadway and Clinton in Albany is the Leo O&#8217;Brien fed building and that DOES have the DHS in side it as well as other agencies.<br />
Including the dept of health. (Wadsworth) and the Albany pharmaceutical collage has offices there.</p>
<p>to get to the back loading docks of 150 broadway wich is the old wards building and dept store. which is now called the riverview center building. Tho all the old time locals still call it the wards building.</p>
<p><a href="http://maps.live.com:80/?v=2&#038;encType=1&#038;sp=Point.r3dp2s8vp345_11%20Wards%20Ln%2C%20Menands%2C%20NY%2012204-2103____~Point.r3f1jm8vp63d_ward%20building_place%20trucker%20takes%20bird%20flu%20after%20picking%20up%20in%20albany%20at%20fed%20building___~Point.r387258vmt0q_fed%20building%20dhs____~Point.r3m2tx8vqtx6_benit%20labs%20bld%20%231%20at%20arsenal____~Point.r3m34g8vqsjf_benit%20labs%20bld%20%232%20at%20arsenal____~Point.r3n8hf8vc6gp_30%20karner%20road" rel="nofollow">http://maps.live.com:80/?v=2&#038;encType=1&#038;sp=Point.r3dp2s8vp345_11%20Wards%20Ln%2C%20Menands%2C%20NY%2012204-2103____~Point.r3f1jm8vp63d_ward%20building_place%20trucker%20takes%20bird%20flu%20after%20picking%20up%20in%20albany%20at%20fed%20building___~Point.r387258vmt0q_fed%20building%20dhs____~Point.r3m2tx8vqtx6_benit%20labs%20bld%20%231%20at%20arsenal____~Point.r3m34g8vqsjf_benit%20labs%20bld%20%232%20at%20arsenal____~Point.r3n8hf8vc6gp_30%20karner%20road</a> need to go to birds eye view to see the 150 broadway and 11 wards lane notice the drive way like road if you turned behind the verizon building at 11 wards lane.</p>
<p>Now here is some thing that shows the physical address of wads worth center. <a href="http://www.wadsworth.org/parasitology/pdf/Malaria_registration_form.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.wadsworth.org/parasitology/pdf/Malaria_registration_form.pdf</a></p>
<p>also here is some listings from the states phone directory showing some of the Drs and staff that work at wadsworth center.</p>
<p><a href="http://www6.oft.state.ny.us/telecom/phones/indSearch.do?areaCode=allAreaCodes&#038;type=&#038;d-3629277-s=puStreet&#038;d-3629277-n=1&#038;searchAgencyId=52&#038;prefix=&#038;cityId=0&#038;d-3629277-p=25&#038;phoneNumber=&#038;d-3629277-o=2" rel="nofollow">http://www6.oft.state.ny.us/telecom/phones/indSearch.do?areaCode=allAreaCodes&#038;type=&#038;d-3629277-s=puStreet&#038;d-3629277-n=1&#038;searchAgencyId=52&#038;prefix=&#038;cityId=0&#038;d-3629277-p=25&#038;phoneNumber=&#038;d-3629277-o=2</a></p>
<p>Wadsworth Ctr . 518-485-5570 DOH Albany 150 New Scotland Ave.<br />
Albano Rosemary 518-474-8161 DOH Menands 150 Broadway<br />
Alexander Anne 518-474-8161 DOH Menands 150 Broadway<br />
Anderson Kim 518-474-8161 DOH Menands 150 Broadway<br />
Anderson Linda 518-474-8161 DOH Menands 150 Broadway<br />
Baron Adam 518-474-8161 DOH Menands 150 Broadway<br />
Bick Jonathan 518-474-8161 DOH Menands 150 Broadway<br />
Brewer Paula 518-402-7339 DOH Menands 150 Broadway<br />
Chanese Gregory 518-402-7331 DOH Menands 150 Broadway<br />
Curtin, M.D. Jonathan 518-474-8161 DOH Menands 150 Broadway<br />
Dacus Heather 518-474-1222 DOH Menands 150 Broadway<br />
Decker Robert 518-257-4501 DOH Menands 150 Broadway<br />
Demars Aaron 518-474-8161 DOH Menands 150 Broadway<br />
Donnelly James E 518-257-4554 DOH Menands 150 Broadway<br />
Donovan Tom 518-257-4461 DOH Menands 150 Broadway<br />
Dwore Robert. 518-408-5075 DOH Menands 150 Broadway<br />
Feagin Naima 518-408-0301 DOH Menands 150 Broadway<br />
Feuerstein Stuart 518-474-8161 DOH Menands 150 Broadway</p>
<p>Now thats its established that wadsworth center is in 150 broadway now check out some stuff from wadsworth center.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wadsworth.org/educate/lecture_series/2008/quicktime/wentworth_qktm.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wadsworth.org/educate/lecture_series/2008/quicktime/wentworth_qktm.html</a> here isa video of a dr wentsworth talking about what they do there.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/Wadsworth?ie=iso-8859-1&#038;oe=iso-8859-1&#038;q=swine&#038;sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wadsworth.org%2F&#038;domains=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wadsworth.org%2F" rel="nofollow">http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/Wadsworth?ie=iso-8859-1&#038;oe=iso-8859-1&#038;q=swine&#038;sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wadsworth.org%2F&#038;domains=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wadsworth.org%2F</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.wadsworth.org/new/species/influenza.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.wadsworth.org/new/species/influenza.htm</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.wadsworth.org/resnres/bioinfo/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wadsworth.org/resnres/bioinfo/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.wadsworth.org/resnres/bios/wentworth_pubs.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.wadsworth.org/resnres/bios/wentworth_pubs.htm</a> profile page for dr david went worth</p>
<p>here is some of his studies that have to do with pig flu and humans.<br />
<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8138990?dopt=Abstract" rel="nofollow">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8138990?dopt=Abstract</a> An influenza A (H1N1) virus, closely related to swine influenza virus, responsible for a fatal case of human influenza</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8985190?dopt=Abstract" rel="nofollow">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8985190?dopt=Abstract</a><br />
Transmission of swine influenza virus to humans after exposure to experimentally infected pigs.</p>
<p>humans.and pigs hummmm then if wadsworth center and DHS is googled all sorts of stuff from DHS mention wads worth enter.</p>
<p><a href="http://wwwn.cdc.gov/cliac/pdf/addenda/cliac0102/sturman0102.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://wwwn.cdc.gov/cliac/pdf/addenda/cliac0102/sturman0102.pdf</a><br />
Wadsworth Center&#8217;s Bioterrorism Experience</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wadsworth.org/bms/syllabi/BMS_556_Biodefense_Laboratory_Sciences_Fall_2008.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.wadsworth.org/bms/syllabi/BMS_556_Biodefense_Laboratory_Sciences_Fall_2008.pdf</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.sunshine-project.org/biodefense/blsmapside2.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.sunshine-project.org/biodefense/blsmapside2.pdf</a> list showing High Containment Labs and Other Facilities of the US Biodefense Program<br />
showing wads worth as a level 3 and applying for a level 4 lab, This was from 2006 so I would think the level 4 lab is up and going esp as wadsworth center is the very place that approves all bio labs.</p>
<p>Thats just a protion of what o have showing that wads worth center in 150 broadway definitely deals with deady virus strains including some that make the flu look like childs play.</p>
<p>they are also the place that invented rever genome sequencing. IE the very place that knows how to genetically make any sort of virus they want to make.i</p>
<p>Its also the ONLY place any were around these parts that some one would have to go to pick up a truck load of any sort of deadly virus.</p>
<p>IF there is any thing at all with this story of this trucker going to the DHS building in albany to 11 wards lan to wait for a truck to be loaded. Being there is NOTHING at 11 wards lane but a building used by verizon and a access road in to the back of 150 broadway wadsworth center.</p>
<p>another thing is wadsworth is the surveillance agency responsible for tracking all infectious illness like flu and sars. all samples for testing get sent to wadsworth labs as they are the CDCs main testing lab and have house the data base for all known strains. they are also right now the ONLY lab that can postivly test for this new pig/human/bird virus going around right now. (noval h1n1) ie mexican pig flu</p>
<p>Other parts of the truck drivers story also check out like the place he describes going to with a big wallmarts warehouse.</p>
<p>I just happen to know were that is because its right in side a facility I have been watching suspecting it may bea fema camp because they have been building it up and its a closed millitary base. (the old scotia ny navy depot wich was part of the sttigic stock pile program during the cold war.)</p>
<p>Well the out side perimeter of the place is blocked from public view But on google earth you can see the wall marts ware house and lots of JB hunt trucks. There are also a lot of were houses up that way used by GE. They were big time suppliers for military and government stuff GE is were they make Ge jet plane engines used in military aircraft. But there has been activity for the last few years up at the closed nay dept and the wall marts facility. Even from goggle earth millitary trucks and humvees can be see hidden behind the wall marts and jb hunt.</p>
<p>They even have train cars on a back sideing that are amtrack engine pulling closed car carrier type cars. (you know the classic fema prisoner cars)</p>
<p>Amtrack has no track any were in that area whats so ever. its conrail and burlinton northern lines. They also keep these cars and the some of the engines under huge white fitted tarps.</p>
<p>So the driver saying he also went to places in that area seems to fit to. because that site has fema training at that location and the wall marts and JB hunts place is verifiably checking out to. Its also connected by rail to the air national guard base were the 109th air lift group is located and they are the only place in this part of the country that even have c-130 pllanes also justlike the driver said he has gone to bases that had c-130&#8242;s the 109th has c-130&#8242;s and has a east coast vershion of DHS rapid responce combat brigade like north comm has stationed in california. For rounding up citizens when martial law gets declared.</p>
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		<description>i found this article and it looks very interesting and made the translation from spanish, i going to buy some star anise tomorrow, thats for shure, because Tamiflu is one of two drugs efective against bird flu and Swine flu in the first stages of the disease, and a good tea its more natural than a drug:

THE NEW ASIAN GOLD IS CALLED STAR ANISE
Written: OLALLA CERNUDA
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2005/10/24/ciencia/1130145558.html

MADRID. - The main component of the medicine Tamiflu, only treatment known until now it bird flu, is the Illicium verum( the Star Anise). Rare plant also well-known like Badiana or Anise of China, which it has become the most looked for the last months, and which the pharmaceutics Roche, who has the medicine, consumes 90% of the world-wide production. The tree from is obtained the Star Anise can reach the five meters of height and its aspect is very similar to the one of the laurel. But the key of the prescription of Roche is in the fruits, with form of star and shining brown color, with which the drug is obtained after a laborious chemical process.

The Star Anise grows in four provinces of China need to be used in the manufacture of the medicine. In the Chinese culinary arts it is used like spice to give flavor to certain plates made with ducks, although also it is frequent in infusions.

Even, like homemade remedy, it is used for the treatment of colics in the children. But the plant has acquired in the last years a special value in the pharmaceutical market, like source of acid shikimic with which, through a laborious process, Tamiflu is maked. This acid is obtained from the seeds and it becomes an epoxide( an alcohol form). This process requires three developed chemical steps to low temperature in seven different stages.
Ever since in 1997 the first cases of bird flu in Southeast Asia were detected, this spice began to be looked of another way. In fact, Roche consumes 90% of the Star Anise that is produced world-wide, although the plant harvests only between the months of March and May.
Although this plant has been used for years in China for its qualities treating the colics in the children, in 2001 the Spanish Ministry of Health decided to retire the star anise - that was sold like infusions (tea) for babies of the market. In September of 2003, the Federal Drug and Alimentation Office (FDA) of the U.S.A. warn the consumers NOT TO CONSUME the infusions (tea) of this plant.

in some medical magazines say that is risky for pregnant and breastfeeding woman and new born babies to take large amounts os star anise tea, this is other article i found:

&lt;strong&gt;Star Anise poisoning:&lt;/strong&gt;
a case in a newborn infant (pediatric magazine from Chile)
Despite its potential toxicity, star anise infusions are commonly used for treating colic in infants. Cases of infants with acute neurological symptoms related to the ingestion of large quantities of star shaped anise have recently been reported in the literature. We report a 23 day old girl, admitted to the emergency room with a convulsive status after ingesting a considerable amount of star anise, given to relieve infantil colic. The patient required 3 repeat doses of diazepam to control her seizures. Because no other clinical signs were found and the outcome was favourable without additional anticonvulsant therapy, the clinical symptoms can be attributed to star anise ingestion. The aetiopathogenesis of this process and star anise toxicity are discussed and the need for the regulation of natural products with pharmacological effects which are freely available is discussed.

Chile Pediatric magazine 74 (4); 411-414, 2003</description>
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<p>THE NEW ASIAN GOLD IS CALLED STAR ANISE<br />
Written: OLALLA CERNUDA<br />
<a href="http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2005/10/24/ciencia/1130145558.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2005/10/24/ciencia/1130145558.html</a></p>
<p>MADRID. &#8211; The main component of the medicine Tamiflu, only treatment known until now it bird flu, is the Illicium verum( the Star Anise). Rare plant also well-known like Badiana or Anise of China, which it has become the most looked for the last months, and which the pharmaceutics Roche, who has the medicine, consumes 90% of the world-wide production. The tree from is obtained the Star Anise can reach the five meters of height and its aspect is very similar to the one of the laurel. But the key of the prescription of Roche is in the fruits, with form of star and shining brown color, with which the drug is obtained after a laborious chemical process.</p>
<p>The Star Anise grows in four provinces of China need to be used in the manufacture of the medicine. In the Chinese culinary arts it is used like spice to give flavor to certain plates made with ducks, although also it is frequent in infusions.</p>
<p>Even, like homemade remedy, it is used for the treatment of colics in the children. But the plant has acquired in the last years a special value in the pharmaceutical market, like source of acid shikimic with which, through a laborious process, Tamiflu is maked. This acid is obtained from the seeds and it becomes an epoxide( an alcohol form). This process requires three developed chemical steps to low temperature in seven different stages.<br />
Ever since in 1997 the first cases of bird flu in Southeast Asia were detected, this spice began to be looked of another way. In fact, Roche consumes 90% of the Star Anise that is produced world-wide, although the plant harvests only between the months of March and May.<br />
Although this plant has been used for years in China for its qualities treating the colics in the children, in 2001 the Spanish Ministry of Health decided to retire the star anise &#8211; that was sold like infusions (tea) for babies of the market. In September of 2003, the Federal Drug and Alimentation Office (FDA) of the U.S.A. warn the consumers NOT TO CONSUME the infusions (tea) of this plant.</p>
<p>in some medical magazines say that is risky for pregnant and breastfeeding woman and new born babies to take large amounts os star anise tea, this is other article i found:</p>
<p><strong>Star Anise poisoning:</strong><br />
a case in a newborn infant (pediatric magazine from Chile)<br />
Despite its potential toxicity, star anise infusions are commonly used for treating colic in infants. Cases of infants with acute neurological symptoms related to the ingestion of large quantities of star shaped anise have recently been reported in the literature. We report a 23 day old girl, admitted to the emergency room with a convulsive status after ingesting a considerable amount of star anise, given to relieve infantil colic. The patient required 3 repeat doses of diazepam to control her seizures. Because no other clinical signs were found and the outcome was favourable without additional anticonvulsant therapy, the clinical symptoms can be attributed to star anise ingestion. The aetiopathogenesis of this process and star anise toxicity are discussed and the need for the regulation of natural products with pharmacological effects which are freely available is discussed.</p>
<p>Chile Pediatric magazine 74 (4); 411-414, 2003</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Washington, 26 abr (EFE). - The White House summoned press today at noon to inform on the propagation of the pig influenza in the United States and the answer that the Government prepares to face it.

The encounter will take place in the White House to 12:30 local time (16:30 GMT), and in her will participate the National Security Minister, Janet Napolitano, as well as the acting Director of the Control center of Diseases (CDC, in English) Richard Besser. In the press conference will also participate John Brennan assistant of President Barack Obama for National Security, and the spokesman of the White House, Robert Gibbs.
In the meeting will be revelead the last data on the number of patients by the pig influenza in the United States.

Until the moment seven cases in California have been confirmed, two in Texas and two in Kansas.

It is pending to determine if the eight students of a High school of New York are ill with flu also are carrying of the virus, as well as an additional case in Texas.
None of these cases is in a serious situation, unlike the happened in Mexico, where almost a hundred of people has passed away.

At the moment, the Government of the United States has not emitted any alert of travel abroad, nor recommendations of quarantine or any health measures publish.
Only yesterday, the spokesman of the White House said that president Barack Obama, that visited Mexico for a few days, is perfectly healthy.

Some sources have informed into which the outbreak of the epidemic coincide with the Obama&#039;s visit to Mexico City, where he visited the Museum of Anthropology and had a gathering with a distinguished archaeologist, Felipe Solis.

&lt;strong&gt;THE ARCHEOLOGYST PASSED AWAY TWO DAYS LATER&lt;/strong&gt; with symptoms similar to those of the flu, there is no official confirmation if was swine flu, according to informs a Mexican newspaper &quot;El Reforma&quot; (The Reformation).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Washington, 26 abr (EFE). &#8211; The White House summoned press today at noon to inform on the propagation of the pig influenza in the United States and the answer that the Government prepares to face it.</p>
<p>The encounter will take place in the White House to 12:30 local time (16:30 GMT), and in her will participate the National Security Minister, Janet Napolitano, as well as the acting Director of the Control center of Diseases (CDC, in English) Richard Besser. In the press conference will also participate John Brennan assistant of President Barack Obama for National Security, and the spokesman of the White House, Robert Gibbs.<br />
In the meeting will be revelead the last data on the number of patients by the pig influenza in the United States.</p>
<p>Until the moment seven cases in California have been confirmed, two in Texas and two in Kansas.</p>
<p>It is pending to determine if the eight students of a High school of New York are ill with flu also are carrying of the virus, as well as an additional case in Texas.<br />
None of these cases is in a serious situation, unlike the happened in Mexico, where almost a hundred of people has passed away.</p>
<p>At the moment, the Government of the United States has not emitted any alert of travel abroad, nor recommendations of quarantine or any health measures publish.<br />
Only yesterday, the spokesman of the White House said that president Barack Obama, that visited Mexico for a few days, is perfectly healthy.</p>
<p>Some sources have informed into which the outbreak of the epidemic coincide with the Obama&#8217;s visit to Mexico City, where he visited the Museum of Anthropology and had a gathering with a distinguished archaeologist, Felipe Solis.</p>
<p><strong>THE ARCHEOLOGYST PASSED AWAY TWO DAYS LATER</strong> with symptoms similar to those of the flu, there is no official confirmation if was swine flu, according to informs a Mexican newspaper &#8220;El Reforma&#8221; (The Reformation).</p>
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		<description>news from Associated press:
Mexico swine flu deaths spur global epidemic fears

By MARK STEVENSON
Associated Press Writer

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A unique strain of swine flu is the suspected killer of dozens of people in Mexico, where authorities closed schools, museums, libraries and theaters in the capital on Friday to try to contain an outbreak that has spurred concerns of a global flu epidemic.

The worrisome new virus - which combines genetic material from pigs, birds and humans in a way researchers have not seen before - also sickened at least eight people in Texas and California, though there have been no deaths in the U.S.

&quot;We are very, very concerned,&quot; World Health Organization spokesman Thomas Abraham said. &quot;We have what appears to be a novel virus and it has spread from human to human ... It&#039;s all hands on deck at the moment.&quot;

The outbreak caused alarm in Mexico, where more than 1,000 people have been sickened. Residents of the capital donned surgical masks and authorities ordered the most sweeping shutdown of public gathering places in a quarter century.

President Felipe Calderon said his government only learned late Thursday, with the help of international laboratories, what kind of virus Mexico is faced with. &quot;We are doing everything necessary,&quot; he said after meeting with his Cabinet to coordinate a response. &quot;We understand the seriousness of the problem.&quot;

The WHO was convening an expert panel to consider whether to raise the pandemic alert level or issue travel advisories.

It might already be too late to contain the outbreak, a prominent U.S. pandemic flu expert said late Friday.

Given how quickly flu can spread around the globe, if these are the first signs of a pandemic, then there are probably cases incubating around the world already, said Dr. Michael Osterholm at the University of Minnesota.

In Mexico City, &quot;literally hundreds and thousands of travelers come in and out every day,&quot; Osterholm said. &quot;You&#039;d have to believe there&#039;s been more unrecognized transmission that&#039;s occurred.&quot;

There is no vaccine that specifically protects against swine flu, and it was unclear how much protection current human flu vaccines might offer. A &quot;seed stock&quot; genetically matched to the new swine flu virus has been created by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, said Dr. Richard Besser, the agency&#039;s acting director. If the government decides vaccine production is necessary, manufacturers would need that stock to get started.

Authorities in Mexico urged people to avoid hospitals unless they had a medical emergency, since hospitals are centers of infection. They also said Mexicans should refrain from customary greetings such as shaking hands or kissing cheeks. At Mexico City&#039;s international airport, passengers were questioned to try to prevent anyone with flu symptoms from boarding airplanes and spreading the disease.

Epidemiologists are particularly concerned because the only fatalities so far were in young people and adults.

The eight U.S. victims recovered from symptoms that were like those of the regular flu, mostly fever, cough and sore throat, though some also experienced vomiting and diarrhea.

U.S. health officials announced an outbreak notice to travelers, urging caution and frequent handwashing, but stopping short of telling Americans to avoid Mexico.

Mexico&#039;s Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said 68 people have died of flu and the new swine flu strain had been confirmed in 20 of those deaths. At least 1,004 people nationwide were sick from the suspected flu, he said.

The geographical spread of the outbreaks also concerned the WHO - while 13 of the 20 deaths were in Mexico City, the rest were spread across Mexico - four in central San Luis Potosi, two up near the U.S. border in Baja California, and one in southern Oaxaca state.

Scientists have long been concerned that a new flu virus could launch a worldwide pandemic of a killer disease. A new virus could evolve when different flu viruses infect a pig, a person or a bird, mingling their genetic material. The resulting hybrid could spread quickly because people would have no natural defenses against it.

Still, flu experts were concerned but not alarmed about the latest outbreak.

&quot;We&#039;ve seen swine influenza in humans over the past several years, and in most cases, it&#039;s come from direct pig contact. This seems to be different,&quot; said Dr. Arnold Monto, a flu expert with the University of Michigan.

&quot;I think we need to be careful and not apprehensive, but certainly paying attention to new developments as they proceed.&quot;

The CDC says two flu drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza, seem effective against the new strain. Roche, the maker of Tamiflu, said the company is prepared to immediately deploy a stockpile of the drug if requested.

Both drugs must be taken early, within a few days of the onset of symptoms, to be most effective.

Cordova said Mexico has enough Tamiflu to treat 1 million people, but the medicine will be strictly controlled and handed out only by doctors.

Mexico&#039;s government had maintained until late Thursday that there was nothing unusual about the flu cases, although this year&#039;s flu season had been worse and longer than past years.

The sudden turnaround by public health officials angered many Mexicans.

&quot;They could have stopped it in time,&quot; said Araceli Cruz, 24, a university student who emerged from the subway wearing a surgical mask. &quot;Now they&#039;ve let it spread to other people.&quot;

The city was handing out free surgical masks to passengers on buses and the subway system, which carries 5 million people each day. Government workers were ordered to wear the masks, and authorities urged residents to stay home from work if they felt ill.

Closing schools across Mexico&#039;s capital of 20 million kept 6.1 million students home, as well as thousands of university students. All state and city-run cultural activities were suspended, including libraries, state-run theaters, and at least 14 museums. Private athletic clubs closed down and soccer leagues were considering canceling weekend games.

The closures were the first citywide shutdown of public gathering places since thousands died in the devastating 1985 earthquake.

Mexico&#039;s response brought to mind other major outbreaks, such as when SARS hit Asia. At its peak in 2003, Beijing shuttered schools, cinemas and restaurants, and thousands of people were quarantined at home.

In March 2008, Hong Kong ordered more than a half-million students to stay home for two weeks because of a flu outbreak. It was the first such closure in Hong Kong since the outbreak of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome.

&quot;It&#039;s great they are taking precautions,&quot; said Lillian Molina, a teacher at the Montessori&#039;s World preschool in Mexico City, who scrubbed down empty classrooms with Clorox, soap and Lysol between fielding calls from worried parents.

U.S. health officials said the outbreak is not yet a reason for alarm in the United States. The five people sickened in California and three in Texas have all recovered.

It&#039;s unclear how the eight, who became ill between late March and mid-April, contracted the virus because none were in contact with pigs, which is how people usually catch swine flu. And only a few were in contact with each other.

CDC officials described the virus as having a unique combination of gene segments not seen before in people or pigs. The bug contains human virus, avian virus from North America and pig viruses from North America, Europe and Asia. It may be completely new, or it may have been around for a while and was only detected now through improved testing and surveillance, CDC officials said.

The most notorious flu pandemic is thought to have killed at least 40 million people worldwide in 1918-19. Two other, less deadly flu pandemics struck in 1957 and 1968.

----

Associated Press Writers Maria Cheng in London; Traci Carl in Mexico City; Mike Stobbe in Atlanta, Georgia; and Malcolm Ritter in New York contributed to this report.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>news from Associated press:<br />
Mexico swine flu deaths spur global epidemic fears</p>
<p>By MARK STEVENSON<br />
Associated Press Writer</p>
<p>MEXICO CITY (AP) &#8212; A unique strain of swine flu is the suspected killer of dozens of people in Mexico, where authorities closed schools, museums, libraries and theaters in the capital on Friday to try to contain an outbreak that has spurred concerns of a global flu epidemic.</p>
<p>The worrisome new virus &#8211; which combines genetic material from pigs, birds and humans in a way researchers have not seen before &#8211; also sickened at least eight people in Texas and California, though there have been no deaths in the U.S.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are very, very concerned,&#8221; World Health Organization spokesman Thomas Abraham said. &#8220;We have what appears to be a novel virus and it has spread from human to human &#8230; It&#8217;s all hands on deck at the moment.&#8221;</p>
<p>The outbreak caused alarm in Mexico, where more than 1,000 people have been sickened. Residents of the capital donned surgical masks and authorities ordered the most sweeping shutdown of public gathering places in a quarter century.</p>
<p>President Felipe Calderon said his government only learned late Thursday, with the help of international laboratories, what kind of virus Mexico is faced with. &#8220;We are doing everything necessary,&#8221; he said after meeting with his Cabinet to coordinate a response. &#8220;We understand the seriousness of the problem.&#8221;</p>
<p>The WHO was convening an expert panel to consider whether to raise the pandemic alert level or issue travel advisories.</p>
<p>It might already be too late to contain the outbreak, a prominent U.S. pandemic flu expert said late Friday.</p>
<p>Given how quickly flu can spread around the globe, if these are the first signs of a pandemic, then there are probably cases incubating around the world already, said Dr. Michael Osterholm at the University of Minnesota.</p>
<p>In Mexico City, &#8220;literally hundreds and thousands of travelers come in and out every day,&#8221; Osterholm said. &#8220;You&#8217;d have to believe there&#8217;s been more unrecognized transmission that&#8217;s occurred.&#8221;</p>
<p>There is no vaccine that specifically protects against swine flu, and it was unclear how much protection current human flu vaccines might offer. A &#8220;seed stock&#8221; genetically matched to the new swine flu virus has been created by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, said Dr. Richard Besser, the agency&#8217;s acting director. If the government decides vaccine production is necessary, manufacturers would need that stock to get started.</p>
<p>Authorities in Mexico urged people to avoid hospitals unless they had a medical emergency, since hospitals are centers of infection. They also said Mexicans should refrain from customary greetings such as shaking hands or kissing cheeks. At Mexico City&#8217;s international airport, passengers were questioned to try to prevent anyone with flu symptoms from boarding airplanes and spreading the disease.</p>
<p>Epidemiologists are particularly concerned because the only fatalities so far were in young people and adults.</p>
<p>The eight U.S. victims recovered from symptoms that were like those of the regular flu, mostly fever, cough and sore throat, though some also experienced vomiting and diarrhea.</p>
<p>U.S. health officials announced an outbreak notice to travelers, urging caution and frequent handwashing, but stopping short of telling Americans to avoid Mexico.</p>
<p>Mexico&#8217;s Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said 68 people have died of flu and the new swine flu strain had been confirmed in 20 of those deaths. At least 1,004 people nationwide were sick from the suspected flu, he said.</p>
<p>The geographical spread of the outbreaks also concerned the WHO &#8211; while 13 of the 20 deaths were in Mexico City, the rest were spread across Mexico &#8211; four in central San Luis Potosi, two up near the U.S. border in Baja California, and one in southern Oaxaca state.</p>
<p>Scientists have long been concerned that a new flu virus could launch a worldwide pandemic of a killer disease. A new virus could evolve when different flu viruses infect a pig, a person or a bird, mingling their genetic material. The resulting hybrid could spread quickly because people would have no natural defenses against it.</p>
<p>Still, flu experts were concerned but not alarmed about the latest outbreak.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen swine influenza in humans over the past several years, and in most cases, it&#8217;s come from direct pig contact. This seems to be different,&#8221; said Dr. Arnold Monto, a flu expert with the University of Michigan.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think we need to be careful and not apprehensive, but certainly paying attention to new developments as they proceed.&#8221;</p>
<p>The CDC says two flu drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza, seem effective against the new strain. Roche, the maker of Tamiflu, said the company is prepared to immediately deploy a stockpile of the drug if requested.</p>
<p>Both drugs must be taken early, within a few days of the onset of symptoms, to be most effective.</p>
<p>Cordova said Mexico has enough Tamiflu to treat 1 million people, but the medicine will be strictly controlled and handed out only by doctors.</p>
<p>Mexico&#8217;s government had maintained until late Thursday that there was nothing unusual about the flu cases, although this year&#8217;s flu season had been worse and longer than past years.</p>
<p>The sudden turnaround by public health officials angered many Mexicans.</p>
<p>&#8220;They could have stopped it in time,&#8221; said Araceli Cruz, 24, a university student who emerged from the subway wearing a surgical mask. &#8220;Now they&#8217;ve let it spread to other people.&#8221;</p>
<p>The city was handing out free surgical masks to passengers on buses and the subway system, which carries 5 million people each day. Government workers were ordered to wear the masks, and authorities urged residents to stay home from work if they felt ill.</p>
<p>Closing schools across Mexico&#8217;s capital of 20 million kept 6.1 million students home, as well as thousands of university students. All state and city-run cultural activities were suspended, including libraries, state-run theaters, and at least 14 museums. Private athletic clubs closed down and soccer leagues were considering canceling weekend games.</p>
<p>The closures were the first citywide shutdown of public gathering places since thousands died in the devastating 1985 earthquake.</p>
<p>Mexico&#8217;s response brought to mind other major outbreaks, such as when SARS hit Asia. At its peak in 2003, Beijing shuttered schools, cinemas and restaurants, and thousands of people were quarantined at home.</p>
<p>In March 2008, Hong Kong ordered more than a half-million students to stay home for two weeks because of a flu outbreak. It was the first such closure in Hong Kong since the outbreak of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s great they are taking precautions,&#8221; said Lillian Molina, a teacher at the Montessori&#8217;s World preschool in Mexico City, who scrubbed down empty classrooms with Clorox, soap and Lysol between fielding calls from worried parents.</p>
<p>U.S. health officials said the outbreak is not yet a reason for alarm in the United States. The five people sickened in California and three in Texas have all recovered.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s unclear how the eight, who became ill between late March and mid-April, contracted the virus because none were in contact with pigs, which is how people usually catch swine flu. And only a few were in contact with each other.</p>
<p>CDC officials described the virus as having a unique combination of gene segments not seen before in people or pigs. The bug contains human virus, avian virus from North America and pig viruses from North America, Europe and Asia. It may be completely new, or it may have been around for a while and was only detected now through improved testing and surveillance, CDC officials said.</p>
<p>The most notorious flu pandemic is thought to have killed at least 40 million people worldwide in 1918-19. Two other, less deadly flu pandemics struck in 1957 and 1968.</p>
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<p>Associated Press Writers Maria Cheng in London; Traci Carl in Mexico City; Mike Stobbe in Atlanta, Georgia; and Malcolm Ritter in New York contributed to this report.</p>
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		<description>last minute news here in Mexico:

GENEVA (Reuters) - the World Health Organization Health (WHO) said Friday(april/24/2009) that is prepared with &quot;fast measures of containment&quot;, including antiviral drugs, if they are necessary to fight the outbreaks of pig flu in Mexico and the United States, but authorities of Health in both countries already have in the place the required resources and &quot;are well equipped&quot;, said the spokeswoman of the WHO Aphaluck Bhatiasevi in Geneva.

The agency of United Nations did not see the necessity at this time to emit a warning of people traveling to some parts of Mexico or the United States. The WHO summoned to a meeting of its Committee of Emergency on international regulations of health, probably for Saturday (april/25 /2009) afternoon, added.
(Report of Stephanie Nebehay; Published in Spanish by Silene Ramirez)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention of the United States (CDC), said Friday (april/24/2009) that is too much behind schedule for containing the bud of the new pig flu virus.

The temporary CDC director, doctor Richard Besser, said to journalists in a telephone report that seemed too much behind schedule to try to contain the virus vaccinating, treating or isolating the the people. &quot;There are things that we see that they suggest a containment is not probable&quot;, he said.

Besser emphasized that the cases in the United States and Mexico seem to be the same virus. &quot;Until now, the genetic elements that we have seen are such&quot;, explained.
But Besser said that it was not clear why the virus causing so many deaths in Mexico and appeared like a so mild disease in the United States.

(Report of Maggie Fox, Published by Javier Leira)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>last minute news here in Mexico:</p>
<p>GENEVA (Reuters) &#8211; the World Health Organization Health (WHO) said Friday(april/24/2009) that is prepared with &#8220;fast measures of containment&#8221;, including antiviral drugs, if they are necessary to fight the outbreaks of pig flu in Mexico and the United States, but authorities of Health in both countries already have in the place the required resources and &#8220;are well equipped&#8221;, said the spokeswoman of the WHO Aphaluck Bhatiasevi in Geneva.</p>
<p>The agency of United Nations did not see the necessity at this time to emit a warning of people traveling to some parts of Mexico or the United States. The WHO summoned to a meeting of its Committee of Emergency on international regulations of health, probably for Saturday (april/25 /2009) afternoon, added.<br />
(Report of Stephanie Nebehay; Published in Spanish by Silene Ramirez)</p>
<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) &#8211; the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention of the United States (CDC), said Friday (april/24/2009) that is too much behind schedule for containing the bud of the new pig flu virus.</p>
<p>The temporary CDC director, doctor Richard Besser, said to journalists in a telephone report that seemed too much behind schedule to try to contain the virus vaccinating, treating or isolating the the people. &#8220;There are things that we see that they suggest a containment is not probable&#8221;, he said.</p>
<p>Besser emphasized that the cases in the United States and Mexico seem to be the same virus. &#8220;Until now, the genetic elements that we have seen are such&#8221;, explained.<br />
But Besser said that it was not clear why the virus causing so many deaths in Mexico and appeared like a so mild disease in the United States.</p>
<p>(Report of Maggie Fox, Published by Javier Leira)</p>
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