29 April 2009

Oh gawd... pandemic goes international

Is it time to pull up the drawbridge and hunker down?
Government officials confirmed the first U.S. death from the new H1N1 swine flu today - a 23-month-old child who died in Texas. It is the first death from swine flu reported outside Mexico, the country hardest hit by the influenza outbreak.
Well, not quite...
-- HOUSTON -- A Mexico City toddler who travelled to Texas with family to visit relatives is the first confirmed death in the U.S. from swine flu.
Shshhhh... let's not put poor Lloyd over the edge.

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RELATED: Thank goodness there wasn't an...
...outbreak of headlice.
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