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Vance Jensen 5th period 4/29/09    Swine Flu The CDC ( Center of Disease Control) has taken this case very seriously and the situation has grown from a few a days ago. A few days ago there were only 5 states that were confirmed with the flu and only 20 cases to 7 states and 68 cases. There are no signs of the flu being harmful to anybody. The states that are affected as of now are California, Texas, Ohio, New York and a few others. The CDC believes that Mexico has infected the United States with the Swine flu. In California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency with the spread of the swine flu. Utah is now at this point preparing for a possible outbreak of the swine flu and getting ready for this problem. At the moment there really is no reason to fear this disease because it has not become fatal in the U.S. The U.S. has the reliable resources to fight this disease off. Mexico on the other hand has had many citizens die from this because they do not have the money or the resources to fight the disease. There are also other countries that have been infected by the disease such as Spain, New Zealand, Canada. This is not the first time that a pandemic like this has happened. Many experts believe that we are way over due for another pandemic which is to believe why everybody is freaking out about this. The concern of the swine flu has grown increasingly and they are trying everything they can to try to stop it from spreading to the rest of the country. Vice President Biden responded by stating that no one should leave their kids should not leave their homes and people should not travel on airplanes and not to go in subways because those areas are too small and the disease could be transferred from person to person easy in small spaces like that. Obama said that it is a serious issue, but is not one that people should be panicking about.