Drought or disease, which is worse?
The World health Organisation has increased its swine flu pandemic alert level to status five which is the second highest level.
Up to 159 people have died in Mexico and about 1300 more are being tested. In the United States, a boy, aged 22 months, has died in Texas while on a visit from Mexico.
Comparing disease with drought is comparing apples with bananas but to put the seriousness of the swine flu outbreak so far into perspective, in India more than 1500 farmers have committed suicide after being driven into debt by crop failure.
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