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Apr. 25 2009 - 2:38 pm | 2,040 views | 1 recommendation | 1 comment

CDC: Virus Cannot Be Stopped

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Montreal now has two people under hospital lockdown after both returned home sick from a trip to Mexico.

Flu outbreaks have hit three schools in New York — a prep school, middle school and high school — and the city’s Health Department will shortly announce test results from the infected students.

Mexico continued to shut down public buildings and events on Saturday, including canceling attendance at soccer games — the teams will play in empty stadiums.

And the Centers for Disease Control confirmed everybody’s worst fears today, when the CDC’s Dr. Anne Schuchat told reporters on a conference call that it’s too late to stop the terrible new flu:

“It is clear that this is widespread. And that is why we have let you know that we cannot contain the spread of this virus.”


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  1. collapse expand

    Well now…

    I’ll sleep better with that last little snatch of quote.

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