Swine Flu a Global Pandemic

Just when we thought talk of the swine flu (or H1N1 virus) has stopped (or at least, I thought it had), there is news that the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued the disease a “global pandemic.”

The fact that the disease has been spread to so many countries is the reason for this new alert. While the disease is not consider stronger or more deadly, the fact that it has spread so quickly throughout the world has warranted this new distinction as a “Phase 6″ epidemic.

According to CNN: “the virus had spread to 74 countries, the health agency said. There were 28,774 confirmed cases and 144 deaths.”

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