[Mark]

[andyman]

Awwww poor pig, aint their fault their swines!

[*mazedsalv**]

Updates?? how many people have got it in the uk? and how many deaths in Mexico?

[Mrluvaluva]

5 confirmed cases in the UK. 2 in Scotland, 1 in Redditch, 1 in Torbay and 1 in London.

Egypt began slaughtering the roughly 300,000 pigs in the country Wednesday as a precautionary measure against the spread of swine flu even though no cases have been reported here yet, the Health Ministry said.

The move immediately provoked resistance from pig farmers. At one large pig farming center just north of Cairo, farmers refused to cooperate with Health Ministry workers who came to slaughter the animals and the workers left without carrying out the government order.

"It has been decided to immediately start slaughtering all the pigs in Egypt using the full capacity of the country's slaughterhouses," Health Minister Hatem el-Gabaly told reporters after a Cabinet meeting with President Hosni Mubarak.

Egypt's overwhelmingly Muslim population does not eat pork due to religious restrictions. But the animals are raised and consumed by the Christian minority, which some estimates put at 10 percent of the population.

Health Ministry spokesman Abdel Rahman estimated there were between 300,000-350,000 pigs in Egypt.

Agriculture Minister Amin Abaza told reporters that farmers would be allowed to sell the pork meat so there would be no need for compensation.

In 2008, following fears over diseases spread by animals, Mubarak ordered all pig and chicken farms moved out of population areas. But the order was never implemented.

Pigs can be found in many places around Muslim world, often raised by religious minorities who can eat pork. But they are banned entirely in some Muslim countries including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Libya.

In Jordan, the government decided Wednesday to shut down the country's five pig farms, involving 800 animals, for violating public health safety regulations.

[Xander]

Theres a person in spain who hasn't been to Mexico who apparantley has contracted it. And there moving closer to declaring phase 5.

[pinkmichk]

i cant help but wonder if this is us as a human race fault with all the intensive farming its hardly suprising really that things like this will start occuring

[officialstephaniefan]

i find it funny how on monday it was in mexico and by tuesday afternoon it was all in the uk

[Captain.Remy]

Message original : officialstephaniefan
i find it funny how on monday it was in mexico and by tuesday afternoon it was all in the uk

Maybe because people travel ? That's how it got to Europe. The flu didn't fly from Mexico alone.

Closer and closer to phase 5, this is getting way more dangerous now.

[officialstephaniefan]

Originally posted by Captain.Remy

Maybe because people travel ? That's how it got to Europe. The flu didn't fly from Mexico alone.

Closer and closer to phase 5, this is getting way more dangerous now.

in a day though?
i think its a little ott tbh. i think its just another attempt to scare us lol

[officialleafan]

Originally posted by officialstephaniefan

in a day though?
i think its a little ott tbh. i think its just another attempt to scare us lol

They're doing a good job if so lol. The whole of the UK is completely scared of this...

[Nicky.]

We're supposed to be boiling all our water, as Flintshire has dodgy water apparently >.> I took a bottle of water to school, from the tap... and I'm still living! (I didn't know we weren't supposed to drink it till we got home >.<)

McFly had to cancel their Mexico tour xD
-thoughti'daddthatin-

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Aint_mad_atcha
LMAO!!! This is really pathetic to be honest. People in the UK are always so eager to follow anything that the americans do. NOw they even want to get the Flu epidemic. You cant make this stuff up. It makes me wonder did the United States gain independence from England, or was it the other way around?

Yeah, 'cos I want to die.

And the US gained independence from Great Britain, so stop fulfilling the dumb, ignorant American stereotype.

[Wildcat!]

Originally posted by Shaun

Yeah, 'cos I want to die.

And the US gained independence from Great Britain, so stop fulfilling the dumb, ignorant American stereotype.

Oh my! Did you just correct me? That was sarcasm, and a joke! The whole thing flew right over your little head didnt it? Go get yourself some sense of humour pills, it might help! Just the fact that you feel the need to correct me, shows your inability to see the obvious.

[Lauren]

Phase has been upped to level 5 Damn.

[Mrluvaluva]

"screams"

[Lauren]

Originally posted by officialstephaniefan
i find it funny how on monday it was in mexico and by tuesday afternoon it was all in the uk

It's been in Mexico since January. Just so you know.

[Ross]

Great!!!

[arista]

Originally posted by Lauren
Phase has been upped to level 5 Damn.

Yes on Fox News the Yanks are in a panic.
Typical.

[Mrluvaluva]

The UN's World Health Organization has raised the alert over the spread of swine flu to level five - one short of a full-blown pandemic.

A phase five alert means human-to-human transmission in at least two countries.

The move comes after a 23-month-old Mexican child died in Texas - the first death from swine flu outside Mexico, where the outbreak originated.

In Spain, officials confirmed the first case of swine flu in a person who has not travelled to Mexico.

Announcing the increased alert level, WHO Director General Margaret Chan urged all countries to activate their pandemic plans - including heightened surveillance and infection control measures.

She said action should be undertaken with "increased urgency".


Source

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Aint_mad_atcha

Oh my! Did you just correct me? That was sarcasm, and a joke! The whole thing flew right over your little head didnt it? Go get yourself some sense of humour pills, it might help! Just the fact that you feel the need to correct me, shows your inability to see the obvious.

Oh gosh, I'm so sorry.

The fact you're a comic genius managed to somehow escape me.

[Scarlett.]

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!

[Mrluvaluva]

"blows it Blackpools way"

[Scarlett.]

You idiot BAZ!
*Chewy hides in oven, with pork chops*

[Mrluvaluva]

Sensible!

[pinkmichk]

i'm still not concerned even with the up of level and i'm a born worrier generally