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Costa Rican President Has Swine Flu

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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Aug. 12) -- Nobel Peace laureate and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias said Tuesday that he has swine flu, showing that not even a head of state is safe from the virus that has caused worldwide concern but relatively few deaths.
The 69-year-old president and Nobel Peace Prize winner said in a statement that he was quarantined at home and is being treated with the anti-flu medicine oseltamivir.
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Costa Rican President Oscar Arias on July 22, 2009.
Kent Gilbert, AP

Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, here on July 22, said Tuesday that he has been quarantined at home with swine flu, but is well enough to keep up with his duties.

"The pandemic makes no distinctions," Arias said. "I am one more case in this country and I am being submitted to the recommendations that health authorities have established for the entire population."
Arias suffers from asthma and is at higher risk than most, but was in good enough health to continue working.
"Aside from the discomfort of the fever and sore throat, I feel in good shape and in full capacity to carry out my work by telecommuting," Arias said in the statement.
The president had flu symptoms since Sunday, but participated in public activities as late as Tuesday morning, when he appeared at a call center.
Arias has been serving on-and-off as a mediator in the political crisis in Honduras after that country's president was ousted June 28 in a coup.
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Wbc1962

02:55 PMAug 12 2009

Why can't this happen to Obama?

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Daviscrnwll

02:54 PMAug 12 2009

Does A>O>L> censor what you write???

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Jerseygirlbout

02:45 PMAug 12 2009

He's already a swine, so what's the big deal?

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Marsgreg5

02:39 PMAug 12 2009

I wonder if he has national health care ? mabe he should come to the US and get treated before obamma care...... and you know you cant let a crisis go to waist

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Yakami11

02:28 PMAug 12 2009

See the flu isn't bad. I have seen worse flu.

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buyasafe2

02:28 PMAug 12 2009

Let's call this what it is - MEXICAN PIG FLU. Political correctness be damned. When we had HONG KONG FLU no one worried about calling it what it was.

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Laurarvail1

02:26 PMAug 12 2009

Profebc - could be the stress of handling Zelaya and the coup lowered his immunity... don't try to read anything into this... people get sick... let's hope he recovers fully.

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Laurarvail1

02:25 PMAug 12 2009

Arias is not a bad guy, and the Costa Ricans are a favored nation status with the US, so please know what you're talking about... and while we're at it, let's make him a pot of chicken soup, for his willingness to tangle with Zelaya (a Bad News Bear)

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Profebc

02:17 PMAug 12 2009

President Arias is a great man who has worked for democracy in a region with a history of military dictatorship. This illness comes at a strange time when he was negotiating a solution to the coup in Honduras. I wish him well because we need more leaders like him in the Americas.

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Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is quarantined with swine flu, showing that even the powerful can\'t escape the bug that began sweeping the globe earlier this year. Aside from the discomfort of the fever and sore throat, I feel in good shape and in full capacity to carry out my work by telecommuting, the 69-year-old says.