"I'll never set foot in Egypt again. Their approach is ridiculously over the top and it has tainted my opinion of the country forever."

CAIRO: Silence dawned on the Sayeda Zeinab district yesterday, the first day of annual celebration of the birth of Sayeda Zeinab, the prophet’s granddaughter. The typical sight of colorful swings, game stands, sweet and gift vendors were no where to be seen.

Doctors from the Ministry of “Health” come and go freely, with no masks, no gloves, nada.

These students are all residents of the Zamalek dormitory and as a result the dormitory has been quarantined for 24 hours. The Ministry of Health has obtained samples from all residents of the dormitory and those results are expected later today.

I would like to invite 70 million Egyptians to read this post.

Stones were thrown at the government vehicles who withdrew without culling any pigs.

“Scientific inspections have established that pigs engage in group sex. Unfortunately, this bad habit has also spread in Western society.”

workers suffocated 25 piglets in plastic sacks

The original decree was that the Zabaleen would be compensated for the pigs, but now they are saying that since they can sell the pigs, they will not be compensated.

"Killing (pigs) is not a solution, otherwise, we should kill the people, because the virus spreads through them," wrote Abdullah Kamal of the daily Rose El-Youssef. "The terrified members of parliament should have concentrated on asking the government first about the preventive measures and ways of confronting the problem."

. “We don’t see any evidence that anyone is getting infected from pigs,” said Dr. Keiji Fukuda, the World Health Organization’s assistant director general.

whoever who screams loudest will win in the end

Pigs can be infected by avian influenza and human influenza viruses as well as swine influenza viruses. When influenza viruses from different species infect pigs, the viruses can reassort (i.e. swap genes) and new viruses that are a mix of swine, human and/or avian influenza viruses can emerge.