Questions abound about Mexico's response to the crisis

Did officials move slowly to contain the swine flu outbreak? The government denies it did, saying it acted as soon as the virus was identified -- in a Canadian lab because Mexico lacks the facilities. On Wednesday, a top Health Ministry official, Mauricio Hernandez, deputy secretary for prevention, told Mexicans that a small uptick in flu deaths "by no means indicates an epidemic." Scarcely 24 hours later, the government went on late-night television to issue an emergency decree closing all schools, from day care through university, in Mexico City and the state of Mexico, affecting nearly 7 million students.

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