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At first, NBC's Michelle Kosinski reported from Mexico City, public health authorities were unaware that the sick were suffering from a new strain of influenza. "It appeared to be a few bad 'flu cases at the end of a normal season--until some developed into severe pneumonia." The outbreak probably began with a sick toddler in early April in a small community next to a large pig farm in Veracruz State, ABC's Terry McCarthy reported. Now it has spread to the capital, population 22m, which is "filled with empty streets," he observed, in a felicitous turn of phrase. NBC's Kosinski showed us vacant stadiums for soccer games and warned that public transportation may be shut down. The video rental store is one place that is busy, ABC's McCarthy noted, "except for horror movies. For most Mexicans these days real life is scary enough."
CNN's Sanjay Gupta talked to protesting healthcare workers at a Mexico City hospital for CBS. He found a shortage of medicine and breathing masks. NBC's Kosinski reported that "hospitals have been inundated…They have set up mobile health clinics in public squares to meet demand." ABC's McCarthy asked public health experts why the virus has killed Mexicans but none elsewhere: "Some poorer people might be delaying treatment, which could have deadly consequences. Another theory is that the virus itself might be mutating and getting less virulent as it moves."
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