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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: MJ who wrote (64102)4/30/2009 2:41:17 PM
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..."Today’s swine flu is no 1918 influenza, so perish the comparison.

The infected number hit 13 across four provinces on Tuesday.

At statistical face value, lathering up the current outbreak into an all-consuming global crisis, one that saw U.S. President Barack Obama unleash $1.8-billion for defences against the bug, seems ludicrous.

The World Health Organization says 1,900 Mexicans are being monitored for showing symptoms of the virus, but there are only 26 confirmed cases. The rest of the world combined has still not cracked into triple digits and symptoms have been so regular-flu mild, most victims are fully recovered before tests confirm they had the virus.
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