From Reuters…
Between 8,330 and 17,160 people [in the US] died during this time from H1N1, with a middle range of about 12,000, CDC said. But between 880 and 1,800 children died, up to 13,000 adults under the age of 65 and only 1,000 to 2,000 elderly.
In a normal flu season, the CDC estimates that 36,000 Americans die of flu but 90 percent are over the age of 65. CDC estimates that 200,000 go into the hospital, again mostly the elderly.
The Cairo Governor begs the garbage collectors not to go on strike…
There was another video taken by Al-Masry Al-Youm journalist, but it was censored by Vimeo…
Vimeo censors Al-Masry Al-Youm’s pigs’ slaughter video…
A total of 28,628 pigs have been massacred by the Egyptian government so far, including 3000 pigs that were buried alive in Giza…
Comrade Sameh Naguib writes an Op-Ed on capitalism, sectarianism and the Swine Flu scare in Egypt…
The Center for Socialist Studies is holding a public talk on Monday, 11 May, 6pm, on “Swine Flu: Who Pays the Price?”…
مركز الدراسات الاشتراكية يدعوكم لحضور ندوة بعنوان:
وباء أنفلونزا الخنازير..من سيدفع الثمن؟
أكثر من ثلاثين ألف أسرة متضررة..وبدون تعويضات
ألأنهم أقباط؟..أم لأنهم فقراء؟!
كيف يتعامل النظام المصري مع الأزمات؟
المتحدثون:
- مينا زكري…………….الناشط والمدون
-د.سامح نجيب…………عضو مركز الدراسات الاشتراكية
-مجدي عبد الفتاح……..الناشط السياسى واحد اعضاء حركة تضامن
وذلك في تمام السادسة من مساء الاثنين،11 مايو 2009
بمقر المركز 7 ش مراد. الجيزة
Hossam el-Hamalawy is an Egyptian journalist from Cairo
hossam [at] arabawy [dot] org
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