By The Associated Press – 2 hrs 1 min ago

Key developments Sunday on swine flu outbreaks:

• Deaths: 103, all in Mexico. 22 confirmed as swine flu, 81 suspected.

• Sickened: 1,614 in Mexico, suspected or confirmed; 20 confirmed in U.S.; 6 confirmed in Canada; 13 suspected in New Zealand; 1 confirmed and 17 suspected in Spain; 1 suspected in France; 1 suspected in Israel; 1 suspected in Brazil.

• Locations in Mexico: 17 states, including Mexico City, Mexico State, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Baja California and San Luis Potosi. Some, including Oaxaca, Mexico City and Baja California, have tourist areas, but authorities have not said where in these states the outbreaks occurred.

• Locations in U.S.: 8 in New York, 7 in California, 2 in Kansas, 2 in Texas and 1 in Ohio.

• Safety measures in Mexico: In Mexico City, surgical masks given to subway passengers, public events canceled, schools and public venues closed and church services postponed. President Felipe Calderon has assumed new powers to isolate infected people. World Bank is providing Mexico with more than $200 million in loans to help with the outbreak.

• Safety measures in U.S: Roughly 12 million doses of Tamiflu being moved from federal stockpile to be delivered to states. Travelers at border asked about travel to flu-stricken areas. St. Francis Preparatory School in New York City, where eight cases are confirmed, closed Monday and Tuesday. St. Mel's Catholic School in Fair Oaks, Calif., closed until at least Thursday as officials investigate possible infection of seventh-grader. Fourteen schools in the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District in Texas, including high school where two cases are confirmed, closed for at least the next week.

• Safety measures worldwide: Airports screening travelers from Mexico and United States for flu symptoms. China, Russia, Taiwan and Bolivia plan to put anyone with symptoms under quarantine. Hong Kong and South Korea warn against travel to Mexico City and three provinces. Italy, Poland and Venezuela advised citizens to postpone travel to affected areas of Mexico and the United States. Some countries increasing screening of pigs and pork imports or banning them outright.

i'm thinking my aunt is wrong in thinking she has this

Thanks Winx. What's killing me is that the government and especially media are saying "don't panic" yet right next to that article is an article on the 1917 Spanish flu, which killed millions. Yeah, right, don't panic. I hate the media sometimes

Does she have flu symptoms?

Yeah, I know what you mean.

From the little time I had over the weekend to read about this, it seems the symptoms of this are pretty well consistent with regular flu symptoms?

I'd assume doctors are gonna be pretty busy over the next couple of weeks. Normally, I wouldn't go to the doctor over flu-symptoms but with this, I probably would.

she says she does

I think the biggest questions would be, does she live in or near an affected area or has she or anyone close to her traveled to one of those areas. I would think that if not, it's most likely something else.

Now I'm actually a bit concerned. We live in Southern California and were at a birthday party on Saturday with a hispanic family - many from Mexico who could have very well have been in Mexico very recently. Last night both my oldest daughter was up a lot complaining of a sore throat and they both were saying yesterday that they don't feel well.

It's probably just a cold, but this is a tad worrisome.

Don't worry. The biggest symptoms are a painful hacking cough and a moderate to high fever. If they don't have these, it's probably a cold. Keep an eye, of course, and run them to the doctor if they develop these symptoms. They say the U.S. cases are mild so even if it IS swine flu, it'll probably run its course sooner rather than later.

Okay thanks! That makes me feel a lot better. They don't have either of those.

for 99% of the people it's just a new flu. For 1% it'll be fatal

just like most flu outbreaks

Right now it's considered just an outbreak. It's not an epidemic yet. It's not even close to a pandemic.

I know I'm in a different situation then you but children at my child's school are getting colds and strep throat. It's something to keep an eye on - the strep throat, that is.

I'm sure you are right. Strep throat would be lousy, too. Actually, if I can be selfish about this for a moment, anything more than a cold would really suck because it would mean using more sick time for me to stay home with them. Between my health issues and their usual childhood colds and viruses, we go through a lot of sick time.

That is most difficult, Ruth. It's not fun, either, being a sick mom with sick children. I've been there.

My child used to get sick a lot. I've noticed that with each year, it's occurring less and less due to their antibodies building up.

So true. They definitely grow out of the frequent cold and virus thing.

when some gov offical says "pandemic potential" and then "dont panic..

it amkes no sense whatsever. its actually more alarming to me than say the current death toll for this 'swine flu'

and besides the numbers dont match either. infected people VS actual deaths. 81 people have died but 1400 have been infected. Please keep in mind that people dont DIE from the flu...but complications OF the flu. and more likely the people that die have a weakened immune system. BUT from doing a bit of research.,...the # of deaths from the current flu, some of them were considered young and perhaps healthy. IDK.

to put this in perspective..
Are you aware that EVERY DAY in the U.S. ALONE, more than 1,400 Americans die from Heart Disease?

Remember, that’s EVERY DAY! - - - - In just ONE country!

Question...WHAT constitutes a pandemic??