'MEXICO CITY/GENEVA (Reuters) – A new flu strain that has killed up to 68 people in Mexico could become a pandemic, the World Health Organization warned on Saturday, as health experts tried to track the disease's spread.
Hospitals tested patients with flu symptoms for the never-before-seen virus, which has also infected eight people in the United States. No further deaths had come to light since Friday afternoon, but officials warned the person-to-person infections meant there was a risk of a major outbreak.
"It has pandemic potential because it is infecting people," WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said in Geneva.
"However, we cannot say on the basis of currently available laboratory, epidemiological and clinical evidence whether or not it will indeed cause a pandemic."
The new flu strain -- a mixture of swine, human and avian flu viruses -- is still poorly understood and the situation is evolving quickly, Chan said."
Link0Bama was recently in Mexico, and Lord knows that he's been spreading pork around around the country, so he should be isolated in a sound proof, air tight container for a minimum of six weeks.
On a serious note, this is just another reason to secure the border. Of course , it didn't happen when an outbreak of TB was traced to Mexico either.