Politically Correct BS from the Center For Disease Control

With a serious deadly flu threat emanating from Mexico, the CDC chooses to warn clinicians about patients who may have been in San Diego County, California or San Antonio, Texas but not a word about patients who may have travelled in Mexico.

This is exactly what the CDC had on its web site Saturday morning at 8:57 AM as a warning to clinicians:

Clinicians

Clinicians should consider the possibility of swine influenza virus infections in patients presenting with febrile respiratory illness who:

Live in San Diego County or Imperial County, California or San Antonio,Texas or

Have traveled to San Diego and/or Imperial County, California or San Antonio, Texas or

Have been in contact with ill persons from these areas in the 7 days prior to their illness onset.

If swine flu is suspected, clinicians should obtain a respiratory swab for swine influenza testing and place it in a refrigerator (not a freezer). Once collected, the clinician should contact their state or local health department to facilitate transport and timely diagnosis at a state public health laboratory.

Not a word about patients who may have travelled to Mexico!!!