If it is true (not yet) I will be getting guys calling me to sleep here!

One case ...un-confirmed...at Angie's middle school... school today...still open but the custodians are working through the night with disinfectent...?....we do live close to Mexico...

Seriously....a lot of people die from the flu each year...I was shocked when I saw stats years ago....be safe!

What a very condensending thing to say.

Coast To Coast does have some strandge guests sometimes but they also have a lot of well known scientists and researchers on the show also.

The guest was Dr. Gary Ridenour M.D who is a mediacl doctor and researcher from Nevada who have been researching the Avian Flu virus and wrote a book about it.

He was VERY knowledgable about Swine and Avain Flu and talked about ways to protect yourself if the unthinkable happens which is that the virus mutates into a more deadly form.

I think I trust him 10X's more than what our government is telling us.

Yikes Gary-And-Angie!! Let us know how THAT goes! I can't believe the school is still open if we still know so little about how it's spreading.

Bumbleberry, we were scheduled to fly to Cancun with a group of friends from Toronto for a wedding on May 14! The flights (Air Transat) have been cancelled, and everything's up in the air (ha ha, no pun intended!). The bride and groom have the option of changing the destination, or changing the date. They've already booked their honeymoon - Italy - for directly after the wedding. Guests who were coming from overseas have flat-out cancelled. If the dates are changed, we likely can't attend: got lots planned for June, July, August. It's a shame.

It is worrying but I dont think anyone should panic just take precautions like hand sanitizers etc and let it all blow over

I am sick today with my normal cold(I think) From first time of the year using air conditioners on a few hot days last week. My hubby has a cold and my daughter does~So It is kinda panicing me~I have severe asthma so It makes my colds much worse~So I am freaking out. I am in OHIO~And so far I think 1 case had been found in our state but on the other end of the state than where I am.~I have an anxiety disorder also~So I am totally agreeing with the ones that say~the media should quit freaking us out about it~it's honestly scaring the heck outta me! Especially since I just read that a toddler has died in the united states from texas~23 month old~My hearts go out to the family.
My kids are my life.I can not imagine how they are feeling and those in mexico that has lost loved ones~I am so sad for them all also.

I live in the bay area - San Jose, CA to be exact - and they have already closed down a highschool here because a student came down with it. And a few cities surrounding mine have reported cases of the swine flu. Being a mother of 2 very young boys, I am FREAKED out. I am giving my house a good scrub down after work, and stocking up and water and such just incase places start shutting down. Better safe than sorry, right ...?

I am not concerned, I mean it's just like others illnesses and flu viruses. I rarely get sick though. When I first heard about the flesh eating bacteria I walked around like for quite a while. They said the lady got it just by bumping her knee on a table! This will die down, but really what is putting everyone into panic mode going to do for us all...just my own opinion though

I am not excessively concerned, as there have been no documented cases in Florida.

As I say that, I realize I may be coming down with a cold and now I'm starting to get paranoid and think it could be swine flu

I'm terrified to buy any produce from Mexico now.

What a very condescending thing to say. LOL! I hope it made you feel better to say that!

Granted Coast To Coast does have some strange guests sometimes but they also have a lot of well known scientists and researchers on the show also.

The guest was Dr. Gary Ridenour M.D who is a medical doctor and researchscientist from Nevada who has been researching the Avian Flu virus for a long time and wrote a book about it.

He was VERY knowledgeable about Swine and Avian Flu and talked about what exactly we are looking at ways to protect ourselves if the unthinkable happens which is that the virus mutates into a more deadly form.

I think I trust him 10 times more than what our government is telling us now.

I'm not too terribly worried right now.. I'm worried about round 2.

Well, here's a link to the recap of the Coast to Coast show:

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2009/04/27

This is part of what it said:

Sounds plenty flakey to me. I'm sorry if I come off as condescending but I kinda pride myself on being rational. And I'd like to know who Jones' "experts" are. Anybody can find an "expert" to back up whatever kooky hypothesis they embrace, treat that expert's knowledge as The Almighty Word of the Lord and anybody who disagrees with it is a heretic looking to be burned @ the stake. See under Autism Wars

The World Health Organization raised the threat level to Level 5 today. Only one more level (Level 6) and the government can legally declare martial law, shut down all schools, ban any public gatherings and order mass quarantines etc., etc..

Basically at Level 6 that means Constitutional Rights are non existent if the government so deems.

And if we are eventually ordered to self quarantine ourselves in our homes ... sooner or later EVERYONE has to go out to get food.

Anybody worried yet?

I'm sorry, but could you link or at least reference your source for this information. I've done quite a bit of searching since reading this and have found nothing but heresay to support this. Level 5 refers to "human to human spread of the virus into at least two countries in one WHO region" and level 6 refers to "community level outbreaks in at least one other country in a different WHO region in addition to the criteria defined in Phase 5." (This info here.) That hardly seems like a reason to resort to martial law, especially if there is no mandatory government action on phase 5.