H1N1 flu confirmed locally
Friday, May 1st, 2009
By: Kerry Grens
kgrens@whyy.org
New Jersey and Delaware have confirmed that nine people total have become sick from the H1N1 strain of influenza (swine flu). A family of three in Burlington County NJ were among those who are ill, and the health department says all five cases in the state have been mild. Four Delaware college students who contracted H1N1 also have mild flu symptoms and no one has been hospitalized. Pennsylvania health officials are awaiting test results from four "probable" cases of H1N1 in the Philadelphia area.
The University of Delaware has responded by canceling this weekend's scheduled track and field competition in Newark as well as pulling the women's rowing and softball and men's baseball teams out of this weekend's competitions.
I think that on this flu virus going around there's no one to blame.There are people that are trying to blame mexicans and are even discriminating them. However blaming or discriminating any race is not right because no one infected knew of the danger of the virus nor that it would spread the way it did. it must have started the way it came to be in the u.s. like any other simple cold. like i said it's not right of anyone in their right mind and who also claim to believe in god to discriminate against any race; it is against gods word!