US decl. pub. health emer'cy 4 swine flu
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| Sun, 04-26-2009 - 6:34pm |
http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1151ap_us_swine_flu_emergency.html
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. declared a public health emergency Sunday to deal with the emerging new swine flu, much like the government does to prepare for approaching hurricanes.
Officials reported 20 U.S. cases of swine flu in five states so far, with the latest in Ohio and New York. Unlike in Mexico where the same strain appears to be killing dozens of people, cases in the United State have been mild - and U.S. health authorities can't yet explain why.
"As we continue to look for cases, we are going to see a broader spectrum of disease," predicted Dr. Richard Besser, acting chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "We're going to see more severe disease in this country."
At a White House news conference, Besser and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano sought to assure Americans that health officials are taking all appropriate steps to minimize the impact of the outbreak.
Top among those is declaring the public health emergency. As part of that, Napolitano said roughly 12 million doses of the drug Tamiflu will be moved from a federal stockpile to places where states can quickly get their share if they decide they need it. Priority will be given to the five states with known cases so far: California, Texas, New York, Ohio and Kansas.
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I remember when that Bird Flu first came out. There was a DR. on TV(wish I could remember his name) that was pretty upset that they were pushing it. He said that we don't sleep with our chickens so there was little chance we'd get it.
I guess I'm just a sceptic.
Imagine a seceded Texas' surprise, when on their way out the door, the
Full length fiction: worlds undone
"You have no power over my body..." ~ Anne Hutchinson
I remember the late 70's flu that was horrible.... Even my eyelashes hurt.
What really annoys me are those 'brave' souls that go to work/school when they're sick & spread whatever they have to all the co-workers.
LOL Plus Texans don't pay state income tax. That would change I bet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_income_tax
Below a segment from.....
Governor Perry's Tantrum: So What if Texas Secedes?
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1892974,00.html
>"what would happen if, after decades of indulging Texas' need to be the biggest and baddest and enduring all sorts of T shirts ("On the 8th Day, God Created Texas") designed to remind the rump 49 of our general inferiority, we called Perry's Lone Star bluff?
We'd still visit, of course; relations might not be quite as friendly as with Canada, but certainly warmer than with, say, Cuba. NCAA offcials would have to grant an exception for foreign participation in college bowl games, but I'm betting they'd agree. American Airlines might decide to move out of Dallas, but I'd be O.K. with leaving NASA behind and letting Texans decide if they could afford to return to the moon. Border-patrol costs would be steep, but I'm sure Texas' application to join NAFTA would be favorably received. And it would get a vote at the U.N. and the right for its diplomats to park wherever they wanted on the streets of Manhattan. Texas would saunter into the global community bigger than Australia, Greece or Bolivia. (See pictures of the fence between Texas and Mexico.)
Who wants a union, founded on high ideals of liberty and justice for all, to be maintained only by force of arms or weight of law? I wouldn't make it easy for a state to unfasten itself; we should require that a two-thirds majority of voters agree. But a Zogby poll last summer found that 1 in 5 Americans thinks states and regions should have the right to leave, which means that the revolutionary DNA of 234 years ago still persists in our bloodstream. Maybe every couple of hundred years, the country should have the debate, just to keep our muscles warm."<
There are new strains of TB too that aren't treatable with common medications.
I remember polio & how quickly that spread.
AIDs is another example & we haven't
>"Cases of swine flu were confirmed early today in Israel and New Zealand, the first definitive proof that the dangerous new virus has spread to the Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions."<
From.....
WHO Raises Global Threat Level As Reports of Swine Flu Increase
Confirmed Cases Double in U.S.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/28/AR2009042800757.html?hpid=topnews
According to a recent DailyKos/Research 2000 poll, "37% of Texans and 51% of Lone Star Republicans agree with Gov. Rick Perry’s recent suggestion that Texas may need to leave the United States. ...
Pure bull.
Actually, the 'flu vaccine for this year will NOT protect you from the swine 'flu at all - that was the last info I heard today.
Especially if they call at dinner time.
“He said that we don't sleep with our chickens so there was little chance we'd get it.” Bird Flu was/is different from this new strain.
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