Dr. Margaret Chan's Press Conference - Swine Flu Update

Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, held a press conference earlier this morning regarding the increase of the current pandemic from a level 4 to a level 5.

Epidemic & Pandemic Alert & Response System

The World Health Organization (WHO) has compiled an alert and response system to deal with possible epidemics/pandemics. Attached is the website to explain the 6 phases of their system.
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/phase/en/index.html

Right now, the level for the Swine flu is currently at a LEVEL 5 as explained by the WHO below:
Phase 5 is characterized by human-to-human spread of the virus into at least two countries in one WHO region. While most countries will not be affected at this stage, the declaration of Phase 5 is a strong signal that a pandemic is imminent and that the time to finalize the organization, communication, and implementation of the planned mitigation measures is short.

What would you do?

So, you live in Houston, the first child has died from Swine flu, other cases have been confirmed in the near vicinity of where you live and work... what would you do? Do you pull your kid out of school? Do you not go to work? What do you do? I'm pretty fearful of this rapidly growing flu strain and conflicted on what the best course of action is. I know that schools will close once a case has been confirmed, but isn't that a little too late? It's very concerning now that the World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the level of concern from a 4 to a 5.

Swine Flu Outbreak

Are you concerned about the possible outbreak of the swine flu?

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