Is Containment Possible?
Viruses can mutate from animal to human-transmitted versions anywhere in the world. The current pandemic Swine Flu originates in Mexico. It is fanning out from Mexico City to the Border States and beyond at the speed of car and air travel. A two hour flight can bring a passenger from Mexico back to a job caring for the children in a home, school or into the kitchen of a restaurant in the United States. The deadly virus from Mexico is transmitted person to person. The virus is transmitted by breathing the same air, for example through coughing, sneezing, talking; and it can also be transmitted by exchanging body fluid by touch for example saliva found on the hands. This is a new virus mutant that contains genetic material from birds, pigs and humans. Because the topology of this new strain is possibly unknown by the human immune system, it is deadly and can affect very large numbers of people. The Spanish influenza strain, a new strain in its day, killed 50 million people in 1918, mostl
