CDC: It’s too late to contain Mexico’s swine flu; Update: Two in Kansas, eight probable in NYC
posted at 3:11 pm on April 25, 2009 by Allahpundit
This is one of those very rare times when I’m glad I’m a shut-in. A new strain of flu in one of the world’s largest cities located in the heart of a failing state: What could go wrong?
This virus is a mix of human, pig and bird strains that prompted WHO to meet Saturday to consider declaring an international public health emergency — a step that could lead to travel advisories, trade restrictions and border closures. Spokesman Gregory Hartl said a decision would not be made Saturday.
Scientists have warned for years about the potential for a pandemic from viruses that mix genetic material from humans and animals. Another reason to worry is that authorities said the dead so far don’t include vulnerable infants and elderly. The Spanish flu pandemic, which killed at least 40 million people worldwide in 1918-19, also first struck otherwise healthy young adults…
The CDC says two flu drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza, seem effective against the new strain. Roche, the maker of Tamiflu, said the company is prepared to immediately deploy a stockpile of the drug if requested. Both drugs must be taken early, within a few days of the onset of symptoms, to be most effective.
Mexico’s Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said the country has enough Tamiflu to treat 1 million people — only one in 20 people in greater Mexico City alone — and that the medicine will be strictly controlled and handed out only by doctors.
If it’s susceptible to OTC drugs, presumably we’re okay; developing countries, not so much. In fact, with 60 already dead in Mexico and another 1,000 suspected cases, I wonder if the next drug racket the cartels down there get into won’t be Tamiflu. All we need now is for the virus to migrate to Pakistan, where the country’s already teetering, and we’ll have a true apocalyptic clusterfark to end all clusterfarks.
As for the immigration angle, the boss is already all over it. A perfectly secure border wouldn’t stop this from spreading — see, e.g., SARS hopping across the Pacific from China to Canada in 2003 — but it sure might slow it down. Ah well, it’s “racist” to even think such things. Apologies.
Update: Here we go.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment confirms two cases of swine flu in Kansas…
New York officials announced Saturday that 8 students there probably have swine flu, but they’re unsure of strain type.
How’s it spreading to so many far-flung places? There should be a chain of infection via visitors to or from Mexico, no?
Blowback
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I ate at El Pollo Loco, yesterday. I’m going to die!!!!!!!!
Blake on April 26, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Don’ need no Mexican flu to do that, amigo. El Pollo Loco weel kill you anyway.
:-)
coldwarrior on April 26, 2009 at 1:23 PM
H1N1 “Swine Flu” map at Google Maps, by Henry Niman, Ph.D., of Recombinomics, Inc.:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&gl=us&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=106484775090296685271.0004681a37b713f6b5950
For information on Henry Niman:
http://www.recombinomics.com/
Kralizec on April 26, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Information on vitamin D3 deficiency as a possible condition for outbreaks of influenza and other respiratory viruses:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=vitamin+d3+influenza
Kralizec on April 26, 2009 at 1:33 PM
I’m sure Obama will pause to see how his thugs can get more control of our daily lives than he would by just closing the border.
Right_of_Attila on April 26, 2009 at 1:35 PM
I am calling BS on this. At last count I should have been dead from BSE, SARS, Bird Flu and a whole host of other so-called potential pandemics. The fact that the White House called a presser on this seals the deal.
I can see great profit potential for Roche and co. in this little scare however.
Ares on April 26, 2009 at 1:40 PM
I’m sure we can stop this outbreak if we “cough-up” another trillion dollars….. I know, I know bad pun..bad Paco
Paco on April 26, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Right now, unless things have been changed when I wasn’t looking, someone flying between point A and point B in the U.S. has to take off their shoes and have them checked for explosives. The chances of a given person flying from point A to point B in the U.S. having explosives in their shoes has got to be less than 1 in a million, probably way less. The chances of someone flying from Mexico to the U.S. having the flu virus has got to be at least 1 in a thousand, probably greater.
Janet Napolitano has got to be terminal stupid. That is the most charitable explanation I can think of anyway. With “friends” like Obama’s Secretary of Homeland Security who needs enemies like AlQ?
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 2:31 PM
See my post: April 26, 2009 at 7:13 AM on page 6 of the comments for a link to a reporting site with regular updates.
I watched a bit of the press conference on Fox and they seem to have pretty rational reasons for doing what they’re doing. It turns out that everyone has been getting ready for something like this since SARS happened and preparedness looks pretty good. The press even seems to have asked some of the questions posed on this board and they had reasonable responses.
It actually makes Obama look good and I heard on the radio this morning that he’s fixing his staffing problems by using head hunters — they’ll do a better job than he has so far.
Unless the economy really tanks badly and no-one really wants that, there’s almost no hope for 2010.
gh on April 26, 2009 at 2:44 PM
Yes. She’s incompetent at her job.
They’re doing Thermographic screening in Japan to look for passengers with fevers.
ps: terminal stupid? As in airport terminal? Did you do this purposefully or accidentally? Either way, it was a good one.
Loxodonta on April 26, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Playing Russian Roulette with the lives of other Americans is never a good idea, even if the odds are that those doing it will get away with it clean at any given time they do it. We can’t even do that with the terrorists.
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Question – you have to chose between the following two – no other choice.
1) Be water boarded?
2) Be exposed to this super mutant virus?
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Inescapable conclusion: Barackito Obamalini and Frau Janet Napolitano are worse than water boarders.
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 3:01 PM
My conscience mind said terminal instead of terminally, but I am “sure” that my subconscious mind did the play on words.
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 3:04 PM
At the moment, below his Drudge Report banner, Matt is showing a picture of Janet that delightfully demonstrates her competence.
Thumb sucking?
Loxodonta on April 26, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Hey, she DID say that they’re asking deplaining passengers if they feel sick.
Surely any ‘sickies’ will be quarantined,
or better yet whisked back over the border.
Yup. You betcha.
I’m jus sayin’.
pambi on April 26, 2009 at 3:09 PM
(deplaning, sorry)
pambi on April 26, 2009 at 3:10 PM
There’s no evidence that this is anything different from the 1918 strain and medical technology has come a long way since then. All the cases so far originate in Mexico. There are no deaths reported outside mexico and the first fatal case in Mexico was 10 days ago.
Until there is a case that can’t be linked to Mexico there isn’t even an “epidemic” let alone a “pandemic”. There is a Mexico Update link at this site (from page 6 in the comments) in case you are interested but that’s reporting 800 cases right now. Not a really big problem so far. Normal flu kills 36,000 people a year in the US and one million, iirc, worldwide.
gh on April 26, 2009 at 3:15 PM
“Boss, de plane, de plane!”
coldwarrior on April 26, 2009 at 3:16 PM
The end of the world is upon us again… yawn!!
Dasher on April 26, 2009 at 3:16 PM
But, as Rahm, and Hillary, and a few others have already said,
“We can’t afford to waste a good crisis.”
coldwarrior on April 26, 2009 at 3:24 PM
And the 1918 strain killed how many millions of people? Medical technology hasn’t come that far just ask people who have cancer. Medical technology still hasn’t even cured the common cold. Just how many deaths do you think there should be in America before Barackito Obamalini and Frau Janet Napolitano take this more seriously. Granted, more likely than not it will not come to that much, but to take their slack posture is, as I already said, playing Russian Roulette with the lives of Americans, lives that they are suppose to protect.
Arguing with you is becoming more and more like arguing with a fence post.
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Now I feel so silly. I am so embarrassed. I was obviously worrying about nothing.
The adults are in charge.
- getaclue
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Directly from the CDC:
CDC testing shows U.S. strain & Mexico strain of swine flu virus are genetic match.
(I’m getting updates via Twitter:
http://twitter.com/CDCemergency )
pambi on April 26, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Many economists are predicting that U.S. job losses will continue into Spring, 2010, and the trillion dollar “stimulus” that Obama insisted on is quickly turning into a criminal enterprise of massive fraud and theft.
If I were a Dim, I wouldn’t be feeling too confident about 2010.
AZCoyote on April 26, 2009 at 3:46 PM
check out the conspiracy theory Lew Rockwell is pushing
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/026497.html
jp on April 26, 2009 at 3:49 PM
Anyone can call the gods. Getting them to come is rather more difficult.
Anyone can make predictions. Getting them right is rather more difficult.
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 3:54 PM
“With conventional monetary policy having reached its limit, any further policy stimulus requires a different set of tools.” — Ben Bernanke, April 3.
I have this mental image of Bernanke and a dozen other Ph.D.-holding economists laboring over a car. Its hood is up. It is stalled at the side of the road. It is about an hour from Yuma, Arizona, the fan belt capital of the world. Bernanke has a tool kit next to him. It is filled with brand-new metric tools. He is working on a used Plymouth.
The problem is, the car they are working on is not their car. It’s ours.
In the good old days, the FED’s tool kit was simple: expand the monetary base, lower the federal funds rate at which banks lend to each other overnight, and issue a press release about the mandate for economic recovery.
It’s not working any more.
THE ULTIMATE TRAP
The FED has increased the monetary base to such an extent that there is no way to turn back without risking not merely a recession, which we are in, but a depression, which the FED has inflated to avoid.
This is clear to anyone who understands the Austrian theory of the business cycle. The FED has moved into panic mode. Yet it has been unsuccessful so far in stemming the tide of recession.
The Federal deficit is now out of control. When Congress consents to a $1.8 trillion deficit, it no longer exercises the power of the purse.
The FED will have to fund whatever the private markets will not fund, which now appears to be whatever foreign investors refuse to fund. They sold a quarter of a trillion dollars in Treasury debt in February and March. These debt certificates constituted an increase in supply on the capital markets. These unexpected sales would have raised Treasury interest rates had the FED not intervened to buy more Treasury debt.
The question of questions now is this. When banks at last decide that this economy is safe enough to lend into, the excess reserves that they hold at the FED will flow into the economy. This will put the FED’s balance sheet into play. The fractional reserve banking process will take over. M1 will increase by 100%. It will not be offset by a decline in the M1 money multiplier.
The fun will begin.
Bernanke understands this. He knows what will happen to the money supply unless the FED increases reserve requirements to offset the increase in the monetary base. The FED can do this, of course. But then it is back to square 1: the recession that its increased spending will have overcome will return.
He is in a lobster trap. He says he can get out.
- Gary North
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Yup. So what?
The electorate (those who go to the polls) seems to be split about 50/50. Those who voted for Obama seem completely impervious to facts and logic. The press is in the tank for him.
The one thing he could not dismiss are long unemployment lines but his stolen loot is being hoarded to be spent in the future so he can probably hire enough people to keep control of the house and senate for 2010.
I don’t think he’s very smart but he’s cunning.
gh on April 26, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Canadian Governments Confirm Six Cases of Swine Flu; No Deaths
More suspected cases in France:
France Says Studying Four Possible Swine-Flu Cases
Loxodonta on April 26, 2009 at 4:09 PM
At least one.
gh on April 26, 2009 at 4:09 PM
this time a year ago, economist like Gary North, were claiming Gas was heading higher than $4/gallon, Food cost would soar, and to Buy GOLD of course.
Since then, Gas fell under $2/gallon, food cost dropped, Gold Fell under $800/ounce and basically we have a Deflationary recession.
these people do not know what they are talking about.
There are 2 types of Economist:
1) Those that know they don’t know everything
2) Those that don’t know they don’t know everything.
jp on April 26, 2009 at 4:11 PM
I presume you mean American deaths. You go first.
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 4:12 PM
I find it interesting that all cases suspected and confirmed outside of Mexico are all developed countries, and all had recently returned from Mexico.
I wonder how much travel there is between Mexico and the developing and undeveloped world? That’s where detection & reporting would be the weakest. And that’s typically where pandemics hit the hardest.
Loxodonta on April 26, 2009 at 4:12 PM
So why don’t you try poking holes in what he is saying now? Should be easy? No?
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 4:19 PM
I just checked my Fidelity Gold fund and it is up about 50% since Obama was elected.
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Fidelity Gold Fund now $32.62 (up 5.43% Friday). Was at around (have to look at chart so can’t tell precisely) $20 or maybe just a tad more on election day.
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Thank you Obama. Fidelity Gold actually up about 60% since your election. I should have bought more.
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Spring Breakers.
Enoxo on April 26, 2009 at 4:43 PM
All our times have come
Here but now they’re gone
Seasons don’t fear the reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain..we can be like they are
Come on baby…don’t fear the reaper
Baby take my hand…don’t fear the reaper
We’ll be able to fly…don’t fear the reaper
Baby I’m your man…
Valentine is done
Here but now they’re gone
Romeo and Juliet
Are together in eternity…Romeo and Juliet
40,000 men and women everyday…Like Romeo and Juliet
40,000 men and women everyday…Redefine happiness
Another 40,000 coming everyday…We can be like they are
Come on baby…don’t fear the reaper
Baby take my hand…don’t fear the reaper
We’ll be able to fly…don’t fear the reaper
Baby I’m your man…
Love of two is one
Here but now they’re gone
Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear she couldn’t go on
Then the door was open and the wind appeared
The candles blew then disappeared
The curtains flew then he appeared…saying don’t be afraid
Come on baby…and she had no fear
And she ran to him…then they started to fly
They looked backward and said goodby…she had become like they are
She had taken his hand…she had become like they are
Come on baby…don’t fear the reaper
Ugly on April 26, 2009 at 4:57 PM
People need to seriously pray that this flu will not spread further. Pray!
CP on April 26, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Chill sillie AllahP.
Membah Bird flu hysteria?
strangelet on April 26, 2009 at 5:00 PM
I think you guyz should all chill.
Membah when we were all Waiting for Captain Trips?
strangelet on April 26, 2009 at 5:05 PM
I don’t think anyone is panicking. Yet.
But let’s say it is as bad as Captain Trips, for a sec… would you tell dying people to ‘chill’ as they cough up chunks of lung?
Yeah I know. A bit of a stretch. But being concerned about this outbreak (and that is exactly what it is) is not an unusual response.
Ugly on April 26, 2009 at 5:12 PM
I’m Canadian.
You asked how many deaths. Since, according to the CDC, there are about US 100 deaths a day from regular influenza, a single death is probably about the right time to be worried by that metric.
I’d say a better metric for the WH to raise the profile would be when there is some evidence of transmission between states or from some place other than Mexico. Until then providing CDC resources and guidance is probably sufficient.
gh on April 26, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Never mind. There’s a new thread. DHS declares public emergency for swine flu. What was that death count now?
gh on April 26, 2009 at 5:25 PM
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/whatsnew.htm?s_cid=tw_epr_68
pambi on April 26, 2009 at 5:26 PM
I’ll copy your link over to the new thread … (see the hotair front page).
Last one from me.
gh on April 26, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Has the douchebag-in-chief yet declared he inherited this?
bloviator on April 26, 2009 at 5:32 PM
OT: Carl Edwards in HORRIFIC wreck… gets out and RUNS to finish line!!!!!!
Ugly on April 26, 2009 at 5:47 PM
gh on April 26, 2009 at 5:32 PM
OK, thanks, but I don’t see the new thread anywhere.
Help ??
pambi on April 26, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Ugly on April 26, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Well…tamiflu is fine for dealing with this, and we have tonnes in stoage……unless the virus mutates to be immune to tamiflu. lol.
But it does occur to me that if GW had listened to Dr. Frist and Bill Joy about RNAi instead of wilin’ out about Iraq and hESCR, we would be a whole lot safer right now.
;)
strangelet on April 26, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Sorry. It’s in the headlines section.
gh on April 26, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Ugly, its not Captain Trips……yet. ;)
Just like birdflu, the infection doesnt run fast enough to kill the vector before it spreads. The Mexican spine flu originated naturally.
In Kings example in The Stand, Captain Trips is manufactured as a bioweapon….it could never have evolved in nature, because it was too virulent. killed the vectors before they could spread it adequately.
And mexswine flu is respondant to conventional therapy like Tamiflu.
Captain Trips can come from one of two sources….either a bioweapons lab, or a virus that can mutate in realtime as response to anti-viral treatment like Tamiflu.
That is why Dr. Frist and Bill Joy suggested a project relying on RNAi, an RNA transcriptase variant that would interfere with a mutating virus.
But that would mean biotech, and we just didnt do biotech under GW and the Bioluddite Council.
lol
strangelet on April 26, 2009 at 6:09 PM
lol ‘wilin’ out’? Is that a reference to Wile E Coyote?
Stem cell research is another topic altogether (that I’m not touching with a ten gigabyte pole), and I have no idea what RNAi is all about… I did look it up but it’s way over my head.
I wish I could be more informed and/or educated so as to have a proper discussion, but I’m a lowly HS grad. Thanks for those cool terms, though :D
Ugly on April 26, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Yeah…never had a flu shot…my kids never have, either. Some years we get colds but no flu. If we do get a bug, we tough it out and quarantine ourselves only going to the doc if it gets serious. Neither of my kids (or myself and husband for that matter) have even had a temp above 100, if at all. It’s kind of crazy. But, apparently, a good immune system is the worst for this type of bug…so…GREAT.
ugh.
Mommypundit on April 26, 2009 at 6:25 PM
I’m sorry, I still don’t know where else to post this, BUT….
NEW: 3 PROBABLE cases in Dallas County, Tx.
Await confirmation results from CDC.
pambi on April 26, 2009 at 6:26 PM
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/Possible_Swine_Flu_Cases_in_D
It took awhile for my link to load.
pambi on April 26, 2009 at 6:30 PM
That was pretty spectacular.
But would you expect anything less at Talladega?
BallisticBob on April 26, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Swine president visits Mexico, Mexico gets swine flu. Must be a NAFTA thing.
Western_Civ on April 26, 2009 at 6:43 PM
The Swine Flu Education Institute offers a time saving solution for those attempting to read thread after thread of blog comments about the current possible pandemic situation & our decision not to close the borders or track airline passengers form known outbreak areas.
Just read this one post. It has all of the thought provoking content needed to satisfy your lust for knowledge:
Kudos to MB4 from the learned faculty of The Swine Flu Education Institute
Dorvillian on April 26, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Tonnes? You’re not from around these parts, are you?
RushBaby on April 26, 2009 at 6:52 PM
MB4 contributes an occasional sprinkle of wisdom, disguised in a deluge of misanthropy.
Oink!
Oink!
Oink!
RushBaby on April 26, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Thanks for the heads up about Vitamin D & flu!
INC on April 26, 2009 at 7:02 PM
What’s Mexico going to do to stop this from coming acroos the border? Why not close the border … too simple, I know.
tarpon on April 26, 2009 at 7:08 PM
I’ve just finished uploading the vid to Liveleak. Will post a link after its been processed.
I rarely cheer at the monitor (don’t own a TV… dual monitor setup, one reserved for TV broadcasts), but dammit I did cheer for Carl
Ugly on April 26, 2009 at 7:14 PM
Dammit! I was watching the race on DVR….last 2 laps and you ruined it! Dammit! :) Great wrecks!
HornetSting on April 26, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Them and New Zealand always ruin things.
Of course I always had to laugh when Mexico or Canada would be foresaken and the US was ok. Now that game had some secure borders.
Nathan_OH on April 26, 2009 at 7:16 PM
THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You didn’t ruin it, ugly! THAT WAS AWESOME!
THAT WAS AWESOME, RICKY BOBBY!
HornetSting on April 26, 2009 at 7:19 PM
LOL… “shades of Ricky Bobby” is what I named the vid I upped to LL ;)
Ugly on April 26, 2009 at 7:22 PM
It’s real simple. Just ask them what are the ingredients for making bread. Their answers will tell you.
AlreadyKnownAs on April 26, 2009 at 7:23 PM
LL is still processing the vid, but Youtube got it right up
Ugly on April 26, 2009 at 7:30 PM
I haven’t had time to read through this entire thread, so forgive me. I just have to vent.
What on God’s green earth has happened to people’s common sense? Honestly? Where is it?
If my kids are sick they stay home and I don’t let other kids over to play. Period. Simple. And vice-versa.
But no, because of this damned pc-crap people are going to die. People are going to die because our government is too worried about offending someone.
This is absolute, total and complete madness. Do the idiots in our government not think that maybe the people of Mexico now have even more incentive to come here illegally, because they are scared of getting sick?
I empathize with the people of Mexico, absolutely. But there is a reason for such a thing as a quarantine. I’m fine–beyond fine–with sending tons of medicine, supplies, whatever they need to help fight this thing. But the humane thing for humanity at large is to try to keep this thing as contained as possible. 100% containment is not possible I’m sure, but does that mean we don’t try?
Has the whole world gone absolutely insane??????
Niere on April 26, 2009 at 7:35 PM
To quote my great grandfather: Yup.
Ugly on April 26, 2009 at 7:36 PM
More possible cases:
Colombia Tests 12 With Flu Who Were Recently In Mexico
Loxodonta on April 26, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Further spread in the US:
Official: Lab tests confirm Ohio swine flu case matches deadly strain in Mexico
Loxodonta on April 26, 2009 at 7:40 PM
That appears to be the decision of the Obama administration. They are requiring no additional screening for those entering on flights from Mexico, nor any tracking and screening of people already arrived from Mexico.
No. Guatemala has ordered tightened controls and inspections at its border with Mexico. Japan is doing intensive passenger screening from Mexico, and New Zealand is doing the same for all flights from Mexico and the US.
But, Janet Napolitano is in charge of Homeland Security, and is monitoring the situation to see if such measures are needed in our country. For some reason, this is not reassuring to me.
Loxodonta on April 26, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Thanks for the updates, Loxodonta
Ugly on April 26, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Other than Mexico, Colombia is the first developing country to report possible cases. They appear to be responding well. God knows what is happening in the rest of the developing and undeveloped world.
Europe has still not positively identified the strain there. It’s been more than 24 hours. I wonder why so long.
And still no deaths reported except from Mexico. That statistic is amazing. What are we doing right, or they doing wrong?
Loxodonta on April 26, 2009 at 7:56 PM
You’re welcome. I’ve lived through two flu pandemics. Panic goes with them. The more info, the better, even though the info is often not good news.
Loxodonta on April 26, 2009 at 7:58 PM
She’s asking DHS to do a study to see if passengers returning from Mexico that get detained might be susceptible to recruitment by right-wing extremist groups before approving the measures.
venividivici on April 26, 2009 at 8:16 PM
Shouldn’t take too long then. Janet doesn’t need any data on which to base a report.
Veteran? Oppose abortion? Support the 2nd Amendment?
QUARANTINE THEM!
Loxodonta on April 26, 2009 at 8:24 PM
The fact that there are deaths only in Mexico (although this is sure to change) is perhaps a good thing. It could signify that this flu is actually quite mild. How many people die from the normal flu each year? Hundred thousand? More? Let’s consider for a moment that this swine flu has been in Mexico since at least the beginning of April. Not everyone who gets sick (in fact, not many in Mexico) even would report it to the authorities. There could be a hundred thousand or even more incidences of this illness in mexico. Let’s say 100 have died from it. that’s a rate of .001 percent. now, let’s say the next highest incidence of illness is the US, with 100 cases. With a death rate of .001 percent, there would have to be at least 1000 cases in the US before we see a death.
This, to me, is the only reasonable explanation why there are deaths in Mexico but nowhere else.
bilups on April 26, 2009 at 8:29 PM
The Mexican Swine Flu from the people who brought you syphilis. Quarantine all the Mexicans. Where? I believe they are shutting down Gitmo. Ship em there.
Jerricho68 on April 26, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Putting on the tinfoil hat: DHS doesn’t want any more tea parties, so will spread the flu to keep us from assembling.
Taking off the foil… This is a bad bug. It killed 50 million people in 1918; more than died in from 14th century Black Death, three times more than died in WWI. Don’t fool around with it. Don’t cough on me. Wash your hands. Don’t go to work sick.
poplicola on April 26, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Great. Another troll.
RushBaby on April 26, 2009 at 8:57 PM
So what has the Surgeon General said on this Swine Flu outbreak?
Oh that’s right. Zero hasn’t appointed onbe yet.
Well then surely HHS is all over this.
Oh wait….we don’t have a HHS Secretary either – and therefore no appointments in the dep[artment.
Well thank God for the CDC, right?
Oh crap! You mean the 0bamonkey hasn’t appointed a head of the CDC either????
Well surely Zero is working hard on the problem to get all these people in place to fight this potential pandemic.
Oh wait – he went GOLFING!
WTF?!?!?!?!
Mr Purple on April 26, 2009 at 9:13 PM
The bottom line is, there is really nothing that can be done, simply because by the time one is found to have it, it is too late – we are too global.
Queen0fCups on April 26, 2009 at 9:14 PM
You can vaccinate people, Queen.
It’s not that difficult to combat a flu outbreak – if you are prepared.
The 0bamonkey has left the US woefully unprepared.
Mr Purple on April 26, 2009 at 9:21 PM
From a generation who knew right from wrong and spoke accurately and to the point.
I second that–thank you!
Thanks for the smile! At the end of this word-gone crazy day, it was much needed and appreciated.
Niere on April 26, 2009 at 9:23 PM
That would be “world-gone crazy.”
Niere on April 26, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Swine Flu Predictions
Bicyea on April 26, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Let’s make a pact: Anyone who catches swine flu will go to Washington, bundle up, and spend the next few days walking around, finding Senators, and sneezing on them.
Kralizec on April 26, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Calling Bush a scientific Luddite is akin to saying sheep mew.
Investment into biotechnology has blossomed in the past two decades. You have a political axe to grind so you make a non-sequitor invective towards the previous POTUS.
It isn’t the government’s role to produce vaccines for all possible infective agents for all the citizenry. That would work in a fictional utopia, but alas we are a nation governed by men who are prone to failure.
This is not unlike saying it’s Bush’s fault that Christopher Reeve died in a wheelchair instead of Boot-Scooting to some Nashville Music machine’s hit tune because he stopped the federal funding for new embryonic stem cell lines.
That is intellectual dishonesty at best.
daesleeper on April 26, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Hmmm! Could we be looking a bio-terrorist attack here?
Dr. Charles G. Waugh on April 26, 2009 at 10:26 PM
I just had a scary thought………..
……. Mr. Pantywaist just got back from his love fest with the dictators of Latin America after visiting Mexico.
We know that he wants to take over the country………..
………. what if this is a complete hoax, and the only thing to get the public’s mind off of his disastrous economic and foreign policy agenda, is a health scare with deadly consequences?
Loyal Democrats get the Blue shots………..
………….. all others, the Red ones.
Remember…………..
………… never let a crisis go to waste.
Up next……..
………… mandatory shots of the “cure”. Just fill out the form before hand, making special attention to the questions regarding your political affiliation and your Veterans status.
Seven Percent Solution on April 26, 2009 at 10:38 PM
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