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As the death toll climbs, the World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic, a move that could prompt fast-track production of preventive vaccines. The declaration of a global epidemic came Thursday as WHO officials huddled in an emergency session in Geneva in the wake of 141 swine flu deaths worldwide, including 12 in New York City.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_w...xzz0I9hImOPH&D

The World Health Organization may have just declared a pandemic of the H1N1 flu virus, but the United States has been acting as if a pandemic was under way for weeks, health officials said on Thursday. http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...44150420090611

There are those who are saying that this declaration is politically motivated. I guess I am having a hard time seeing what the connection might be, but on the other hand, more people die from the regular flu every year so it is hard to understand what all the commotion is about either. Any thoughts?