mustanggt5pt0
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What really sucks about this deal is that Mexico's government is so screwed up and their general third-world-country way of doing everything is only helping the virus spread that much more rapidly. These people aren't exactly known for their sparkling healthcare facilities, for one, and their whole government rife with corruption, dysfunction, and general incompetence makes ours look positively Utopian by comparison. If this had cropped up first in, say, Iowa or someplace else in the U.S., it would be difficult enough to contain, but having a cesspool like Mexico as the starting point and all these people ALREADY pouring into our country through our poorly-guarded southern border ... ugh. If this really does balloon out to be as bad as they make it, it could be every bit as bad as the 1918 pandemic (or worse).
Haha, funny you say Iowa (I am from Iowa). I've read plenty of articles lately about this "outbreak" and many of Iowa's farmers with small hog operations to large are rather worried about hog futures and public backlash to pork products (which are safe BTW). I for one am not terribly worried about this strain so far even though it has been infecting healthy people thus far. I congratulate the media for keeping the public informed but feel like they are working hard to keep us paranoid at the same time. I've read some articles that are already bashing some republicans for keeping vaccine/research money for diseases out of the stimulus bill??!?!? Please. This "outbreak" will turn real political real fast, BOTH directions of dems and repubs. Who knows, it could turn into a V for Vendetta scenario with an uncovering of an intentional release of a deadly virus by the government (I love conspiracy theories ). In any event, I think what has been done so far is sufficient and will hopefully prevent any large pandemic.