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One other thing Indigo, am I remembering this correctly? Do you remember in the first weeks of the outbreak there were some people saying that it(NovelH1N1) didn't seem all that contagious? That seems like a long time ago, less than a month. Truth is that it is every bit as contagious as the H1N1 strain of 1918 isn't it.
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Because of the prevalence of bird flu, H5N1, Egypt is being watched with interest as swine flu cases occur. There is some press censorship there, but not as bad as in Indonesia where all news of bird flu cases has to be ferreted out by "boots on the ground," so to speak.
They are still trying to contain the virus, but of course, they will fail as they have in every other country thus far. But, the Egyptians are motivated because bird flu is endemic in that country. Everyone, including the WHO is concerned about what will happen if there are cases being co-infected with bird flu as well as swine flu.