What is it about Woodstock?

The 1967 Monterey Pop Festival was arguably more influential and, like Woodstock, spawned a terrific film, D.A. Pennebaker's "Monterey Pop." The 1969 Isle of Wight Festival in England, two weeks after Woodstock, included the elusive Bob Dylan.

But nobody talked about a "Monterey Nation" or a "Wight Nation" or, God forbid, an "Altamont Nation." No other festival prompted Charles M. Schulz to name a "Peanuts" character after it. No other festival has maintained a viable name for four decades.

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In late April, WHO announced the emergence of a novel influenza A virus.

This particular H1N1 strain has not circulated previously in humans. The virus is entirely new.

The virus is contagious, spreading easily from one person to another, and from one country to another. As of today, nearly 30,000 confirmed cases have been reported in 74 countries.

This is only part of the picture. With few exceptions, countries with large numbers of cases are those with good surveillance and testing procedures in place.

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On the basis of available evidence and expert assessments of the evidence, the scientific criteria for an influenza pandemic have been met.

The Director-General of WHO has therefore decided to raise the level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 5 to phase 6.

Be sure to always wash your hands many time a day and if you know someone is sick please stay away from them if at all possible.

477 people have died from the Swine Flu also know as the H1N1 Virus as of August 16th, 2009

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