A New Strain of Swine Flu

My article is called “Who holds 2 billion people could catch H1N1; Alarm on Tamiflu-resistant strain” and is from Arab times.

http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/145861/reftab/96/Default.aspx

I thought that this was an extremely informative article on how there is a new strain of the H1N1 virus which is resistant to the Tamiflu vaccine. The mutation of the virus was found near where it originated, by the Mexico/ American Border line. It was written that though Americans need a prescription to take Tamiflu, in Mexico and Canada it is more readily available and is being taken more often. This over exposure has weakened the effect of Tamiflu and has helped lead to the creation of this Tamiflu-resistant strain. This article had a global feel to it by explaining all of the new countries that have been hurt by this infection. Analysts believe that this mutation has sprung from overdoses on vaccines. Just recently, Vietnam, India and South Africa all had their first deaths from the "Swine Flu".

This is a really relevant article to our class because not only does it talk about an infectious disease we studied this year, but it also has several instances of impoverished women who were hurt by diseases they can not battle, even with modern medicine. In Vietnam, a woman has been the first causality in this new strain of an already well-known illness. This article holds a lot of information and there is a break down on how other countries are being effected. In Spain, a 35 year old woman recently passed due to “complications with swine flu” doesn’t this remind you of similar complications AIDS patients died of? In Egypt alone there have been nine new cases of swine flu. The only death in Egypt was an Egyptian woman last month. Even in European countries, there have been H1N1 outbreaks. In Poland they have had 100 cases since April. In typical form though, they say there is nothing to greatly worry about. Back at the origin of the disease, Mexico recently reported around 1,000 new cases in a week. This is still a huge issue there

I really liked this article because it was told from a foreign point of view. Infectious Diseases don't only happen in America, so it is important to get a global perspective on it. This was from an Arab news source and is definitely not all about the United States of America.