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.
No, it’s all those illegal aliens walking across the Atlantic to Spain.
Gads. People here are so obssessed by their hatred of Mexico that they are not looking at the real problem, which is that this flu apparently started in a tourist area (personally, I think it was terrorism) and has been almost instantly spread across the globe by air travelers. Still, I don’t think this one is going to end up being more serious than any other flu, and I don’t think it’s the end of the world.
But I think it is a warning to put in better international health screening and notification procedures. I also think that airlines and airports should look at better ventilation and disease control procedures. Being locked up in a flying can for several hours, breathing everybody else’s recirculated viruses, is just a design for trouble. A few years ago, the airlines cut back on the amount of fresh air they took in because it reduced fuel efficiency, and I think some of these procedures should be reexamined now.