A p ril 29, 2009
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U S Flu Deaths Likely
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(A P) — F ederal o ffic ia ls
warned on Tuesday that swine-
flu related deaths were likely in
the United States as the disease
that killed scores in Mexico con
tinued to spread across the
world and governments inten
sified steps to battle the out
break.
The num ber o f confirm ed
cases in the U.S. was raised to
64, but states and cities were
re p o rtin g m ore su sp e c te d
cases. In New York, the city's
health c o m m issio n e r said
"many hundreds" of schoolchil
dren were ill at a school where
some students had confirmed
cases.
P resid en t B arack O bam a
asked Congress for $1.5 billion
in emergency funds to fight the
fast-spreading disease.
C u b a banned flig h ts to
International travelers arrive
at Bradley Terminal at Los
Angeles International Airport
Tuesday wearing masks as
concern over catching swine
flu increases.
Mexico, where public life is be
ing altered dramatically by ill
ness.
Richard Besser, acting direc
tor of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, said in
Atlanta: "I fully expect we will
see deaths from this infection.
T hat was echoed by U.S.
Homeland Security Secretary
Janet Napolitano. "It is very
likely that we will see more seri
ous presentations of illness and
some deaths as we go through
this flu cycle," she said.
Besser said the U.S. has 64
confirm ed cases across five
states, with 45 in New York, one
in Ohio, two in Kansas, six in
Texas and 10 in California.
M exico City cracked down
even further on public life,
c lo s in g g y m s, sw im m in g
pools and pool halls and or
dering restaurants to limit ser
vice to takeout.
The new flu strain is a combi
nation of pig, bird and human
viruses for which humans may
have no natural immunity.
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Calls for civil
disobedience
A national housing advocate
told a group of about 70 activ
ists in P o rtla n d th a t being
against the oppression and ex
ploitation of homeless people
was not enough.
Max Rameau has gained na
tional attention for his work
with Take Back the Land, a Mi
ami-based radical community
organization that finds empty
foreclosed homes and then ille
gally moves homeless families
into them.
R am eau spoke Sunday at
Portland State University.
To date, he says his group
has "liberated" nine houses in
Florida and has four more in the
works.
Rameau was in Portland for
several days to swap ideas and
strategies with organizations
ra n g in g from the P o rtla n d current housing crisis with more
homeless encampment called moderate strategies, but that
Dignity Village, to the social there was genuine interest in
replicating his more radical
justice group Oregon Action.
His presence has sparked in work.
Rameau said that in Miami
te re st in the audacious ap
several individuals
proach to solving
from different orga-
homelessness.
n iz a tio n s
ex
”1 w as hoping
pressed a serious
that it would spark
d e sire to b eg in
dialogue and con
moving homeless
v e rsa tio n on the
families into fore
possibilities in the
closed homes.
P ortland area for
T he
F lo rid a
doing some kind of
city's chief of po
similar work," says
lice even told ABC
Tim Shipp, a PSU
Max Rameau
News that he has
stu d e n t involved
with Students for Unity, the little interest in putting a halt to
group that brought Rameau to Take Back the Land's activities.
During the question period
Portland.
Walidah Imarisha. an adjunct he was asked if anyone was
professor in PSU's Black Stud setting up similar operation» in
ies D epartm ent also was in Portland.
"Hopefully you guys can talk
volved with Rameau's visit. He
about
that when we're done,"
said that much of his discus
he
replied.
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