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government action meant Mexico City’s population of 20 million
people were forced to take emergency measures. People could be
seen walking in the center of the massive city wearing masks
covering their noses and mouths. Mexican authorities closed
schools, for six million students at home and canceled classes
for thousands of college students. The Mexican government also
cancelled all its state and city activities, and ordered the
closing of libraries, theaters, and museums. Private athletic
clubs were ordered closed and sports organizations may have to
cancel their weekend games. The new strain of this Swine Flu is
said to be a complex combination of genetic material mixed from
pigs, birds and humans. In the Mexico City cases, researchers
with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) have said they’ve
discovered two strains of swine flu, one strain of bird flu, and
one strain of human flu all coming together and being passed
from person to people ~ combining in a lethal mix of influenza.
CDC researchers said have not previously seen this kind of
mutation in the Swine flu virus and are expressing shock.