It isn’t in the establishment’s plan to close the border, and while Bush was an open borders guy, he was not alone. It isn’t fair to blame the swine flu on him. Many, if not all, of the cases in the US are from folks who traveled there and brought it back.
Swine flu Bush’s fault? You need to go back to DU.
Why has our CDC been asleep?
Umm, wouldn’t have stopped it occuring in Mexico or US visitors from contracting it. And people who have influenza probably aren’t capable of trekking across the border.
don't be a dolt.
You know these early cases may not be the deadly strain killing those in Mexico...close the border for heaven’s sake. I see other countries are taking steps...but no, we must me politically correct which in this case could get us killed.
Oh, for pete’s sake. This has nothing to do with Bush and not much to do with the Mexican border, or at any rate, no more than any travel has to do with borders. The flu seems to have been brought into the US mostly by middle class Americans who had traveled by air to vacation at some of the resorts on the Gulf Coast of Mexico (where it first appeared), and the earliest identified US case involved the child of a DOD employee near San Diego (there are also cases in the Baja tourist areas). The Spanish cases had also vacationed on the Gulf Coast of Mexico.
Can’t we just lay off the Bush bashing for a little while at least?
be careful, your BDS is showing.
Interesting...BUT,for anyone wanting a rational comment on the state of this epidemic,I suggest this medical source:
It’s not particularly exciting,and it involves a reasonable amount of reading,but,once you’ve finished, you’ll have something more than empty slogans.
Good advice. It's a pity our government here is the US isn't exercising that basic amount of common sense since any dangerous flu will spread many times faster here than in Europe. Travel to and from Mexico should have at least been significantly restricted until this flu has been studied for another week or so to understand the threat better.
Close the Border - by Federal Order.
Is this supposed to be a bad thing?
Hey folks...get a grip....traffic accidents account for 42000 deaths per year....that is 115 per day...
You DO realize this came to the U.S. through a businessman traveling to Mexico on business, right? Are you proposing that no one ever be able to cross over into Mexico and come back regardless of the reason?
I have to say the Bush/Obama legacy because Obama is continuing the Bush policy.
Let me get this right. You’re blaming President Bush for the swine flu??? That’s ludicrous.
Go start a thread at DU. The Bush bashers there will be happy to indulge in your lunacy.
This is a particularly silly thread.
Do you realize that this particular flu strain has been breeding in Asia for years now, just not yet passing between humans?
Do you realize it has been called “bird flu” as well as “swine flu?” It affects both species.
Do you realize that the “Spanish Flu” of 1918 was a bird flu?
Do you realize that birds are a vector? They spread the virus?
Have you ever tried to close a border to a bird?
The health care community — not just politicians — have been warning us for years that a pandemic is likely. This may be it, it may not.
But blaming open borders is just plain silly.
Bush's Fault
Swine flu is Bush's fault--it was just a matter of time.
Thanks for the laugh to start my week. Go tell the kids back from their visits to Cancun that it's Bush's fault.
They're rockin' and reelin' ALREADY from the ecomonic turndown. All of US will be affected monitarily in some way from all this disaster forces on us by by politically-correct globalists and bleeding hearts in control of this administration. All industries in this country are dependent on other industries, even lowly travel and tourism.
Leni
EU getting even with us for the mad cow disease hysteria.