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The possibility of pandemic flu has hit the world once again. The last scare was Asia’s outbreak of the Avian flu. This time it’s the Swine flu.

The Swine Flu has hit Mexico like a rock through the window, shattering the daily routines of the entire country.  There is more emphasis on wearing surgical masks and staying away from people than on carrying out one’s daily duties.  Soccer stadiums held games today while the stands were virtually empty.  Law enforcement officers passed out surgical masks instead of tickets.  Schools were nearly all closed down.  The entire country came to a stand still, except for traffic.  People fled the country today any way they could, including by airplane.

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Pigs don’t fly, but the Swine flu does.  Now it has traveled thousands of miles in just hours and invaded the eastern half of the United States.  In the Spanish Influenza outbreak of 1918, the homecoming of troops fueled the spread of the deadly virus.  In today’s world, people are traveling all over without obstacle.  Will the combination of the fleeing masses and long-distance travel capabilities of those masses feed this outbreak and turn it into a world-wide pandemic?  The possibilities are certainly there for a destructive outbreak like never before.  Add in the fact that this strain is new and resistant to medications and you have the equation for the deaths of millions causing chaos the world over.

The already troubled world economy could take another hit as well.  People avoiding public places leads to even less revenue from sales of good and services.  Of course, there will be the spike in sales of survival goods. But the result will not overcome the rest of the downturn, only create panic from lack of those items on the shelves.  Chaos becomes prevalent in this type of situation also.  It is amazing to think what one microscopic invader can accomplish-capable of more devastation than any human in history!  This could be remembered as the flying pig flu pandemic!  Hold on to your surgical masks, everyone.

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