Comments on: Taxi-driver conspiracy theory on swine flu outbreak http://www.thevideoreporter.com/2009/05/04/taxi-driver-conspiracy-theory-on-swine-flu-outbreak/ The Video Reporter Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:17:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Susan McKinney de Ortega http://www.thevideoreporter.com/2009/05/04/taxi-driver-conspiracy-theory-on-swine-flu-outbreak/comment-page-1/#comment-530 Susan McKinney de Ortega Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:54:49 +0000 http://www.mexicoreporter.com/?p=2215#comment-530 Hello! Mexico has the right to ask for EMERGEnCY money from the United States, so Mexico has to invent an EMERgeNCy! Like, hm, well it worked for China...a FLU! Plus Mexico asks for money from the World Health Organization for having survived such a life-threatening flu. Excuse me, how many deaths from this "powerful" strain flu as compared to deaths from regular seasonal flu? So Mexico gets money from the US and from the WHO...Where to does this money go? Is it filtered down to the people who have suffered greatly as tourists stopped coming to Mexico. People like me, American wife to a Mexico husand in the state of Guanajuato. We have small business which supports us. It depends on tourism. I love promoting tourism to our town because our town (San Miguel de Allende) is peaceful and beautiful. But the economy has been murdered. EVERYTHING . hotel rentals, home rentals, weddings, spa appointments for the month of May and beyond has cancelled...For what? There was not a single case of flu in the entire state of Guanajuato as far as I could tell. yet, my kids stayed home from school and the happy workers in their orange vests in Mega Comercial Mexicana sprayed the handle of my shopping cart when I went into buy bread. I find it laughable. But not funny Hello! Mexico has the right to ask for EMERGEnCY money from the United States, so Mexico has to invent an EMERgeNCy! Like, hm, well it worked for China…a FLU! Plus Mexico asks for money from the World Health Organization for having survived such a life-threatening flu. Excuse me, how many deaths from this “powerful” strain flu as compared to deaths from regular seasonal flu? So Mexico gets money from the US and from the WHO…Where to does this money go? Is it filtered down to the people who have suffered greatly as tourists stopped coming to Mexico. People like me, American wife to a Mexico husand in the state of Guanajuato. We have small business which supports us. It depends on tourism. I love promoting tourism to our town because our town (San Miguel de Allende) is peaceful and beautiful. But the economy has been murdered. EVERYTHING . hotel rentals, home rentals, weddings, spa appointments for the month of May and beyond has cancelled…For what? There was not a single case of flu in the entire state of Guanajuato as far as I could tell. yet, my kids stayed home from school and the happy workers in their orange vests in Mega Comercial Mexicana sprayed the handle of my shopping cart when I went into buy bread.

I find it laughable. But not funny

]]> By: Jim Miller http://www.thevideoreporter.com/2009/05/04/taxi-driver-conspiracy-theory-on-swine-flu-outbreak/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Jim Miller Thu, 07 May 2009 14:51:11 +0000 http://www.mexicoreporter.com/?p=2215#comment-533 Now that the Jalisco governor has announced 15 cases (yesterday he announced 14), my Mexican wife and her sister assume he his lying. It is very curious that there were zero cases for so long,particularly in view of the factors mentioned by Paul Roberts. Then, when the Federal government announces relaxation of measures, Jalisco suddenly pops up with 14 cases. All at one time? I don't think so. The assumption is that they were stonewalling and refusing to announce cases until the panic was subsiding. who knows,but it makes sense. Now that the Jalisco governor has announced 15 cases (yesterday he announced 14), my Mexican wife and her sister assume he his lying. It is very curious that there were zero cases for so long,particularly in view of the factors mentioned by Paul Roberts. Then, when the Federal government announces relaxation of measures, Jalisco suddenly pops up with 14 cases. All at one time? I don’t think so. The assumption is that they were stonewalling and refusing to announce cases until the panic was subsiding. who knows,but it makes sense.

]]> By: Paul Roberts http://www.thevideoreporter.com/2009/05/04/taxi-driver-conspiracy-theory-on-swine-flu-outbreak/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Paul Roberts Thu, 07 May 2009 03:13:43 +0000 http://www.mexicoreporter.com/?p=2215#comment-529 Following on from Jim Miller's comments, and as someone who lives in Jalisco, I can't figure out why there have been no reported cases of the dreaded flu here. It seems that any foreign tourist who goes to DF winds up with the flu, yet with all the flow of people and interchange between DF and Guadalajara, how come no-one in Jalisco has the flu? Following on from Jim Miller’s comments, and as someone who lives in Jalisco, I can’t figure out why there have been no reported cases of the dreaded flu here.

It seems that any foreign tourist who goes to DF winds up with the flu, yet with all the flow of people and interchange between DF and Guadalajara, how come no-one in Jalisco has the flu?

]]> By: Jim Miller http://www.thevideoreporter.com/2009/05/04/taxi-driver-conspiracy-theory-on-swine-flu-outbreak/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Jim Miller Wed, 06 May 2009 16:07:16 +0000 http://www.mexicoreporter.com/?p=2215#comment-532 A corollary to the conspiracy theory is that Mexicans-my Mexican friends at least-continuously accuse the government of lying. They lie about everything,good or bad. Monday night the priest at our local Catholic Church in Guadalajara announced from the pulpit that two people had died of swine flu at the Hospital Civil in Guadalajara. The governor of Jalisco has been announcing every day that there have been no cases of the flu confirmed in Jalisco,let alone any deaths. But here we have an official announcement by the Catholic Church that he is lying. A corollary to the conspiracy theory is that Mexicans-my Mexican friends at least-continuously accuse the government of lying. They lie about everything,good or bad.

Monday night the priest at our local Catholic Church in Guadalajara announced from the pulpit that two people had died of swine flu at the Hospital Civil in Guadalajara. The governor of Jalisco has been announcing every day that there have been no cases of the flu confirmed in Jalisco,let alone any deaths. But here we have an official announcement by the Catholic Church that he is lying.

]]> By: Politicol News http://www.thevideoreporter.com/2009/05/04/taxi-driver-conspiracy-theory-on-swine-flu-outbreak/comment-page-1/#comment-531 Politicol News Wed, 06 May 2009 02:40:26 +0000 http://www.mexicoreporter.com/?p=2215#comment-531 It is very likely the choice of Mexico for another epidemic was a political one. The last epidemic kicked off in China with the SARS flu from a chicken farm, now we have a pig farm in Mexico. It is no coincidence that these flu viruses are being released in any country except the USA, that would make them responsible and their economy could not take the strain right now. The next outbreak maybe unleashed in Africa- who can tell what the drug companies have in mind for the future of planned epidemics in the name of profit and ratings in the polls. It is very likely the choice of Mexico for another epidemic was a political one. The last epidemic kicked off in China with the SARS flu from a chicken farm, now we have a pig farm in Mexico. It is no coincidence that these flu viruses are being released in any country except the USA, that would make them responsible and their economy could not take the strain right now. The next outbreak maybe unleashed in Africa- who can tell what the drug companies have in mind for the future of planned epidemics in the name of profit and ratings in the polls.

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