Worst case scenario underlies US pandemic plan

Yahoo! News ^ | 04/28/09 | RICARDO ALONSOZALDIVAR and EILEEN SULLIVAN

[TigerLikesRooster]

Worst case scenario underlies US pandemic plan

By RICARDO ALONSOZALDIVAR and EILEEN SULLIVAN,Associated Press Writers AP - 1 hour 16 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Two million dead. Hospitals overwhelmed. Schools closed. Swaths of empty seats at baseball stadiums and houses of worship. An economic recovery snuffed out.

We're nowhere close to what government planners say would be a worst-case scenario: a global flu pandemic. But government leaders at all levels, and major employers, have spent nearly four years planning for one in series of exercises.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Swine flu: double-edged sword for Zero.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[MissDairyGoodnessVT]

population of Mexico City, 25 million

[djf]

They are saying on the radio that because they have declared a “public health emergency”, it is basically martial-law lite.

Because they can seize anything they want - food, fuel, transport, med supplies, anything.

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

Oh, isn’t that just great.

[andyandval]

An economic recovery snuffed out.

Right, AP.

Whatever you say...

[MissDairyGoodnessVT]

oh isn’t this the teacups-watch the MSM play this for all it’s worth and see Obama offering “calm” - i’m sure this present gov’t as we see it can’t hardly wait to implement martial law, too.

[dawn53]

Nice excuse to explain why the stimulus didn’t work. They were blaming the stock market decline yesterday on the “flu.”

[trumandogz]

Because they can seize anything they want - food, fuel, transport, med supplies, anything.

They have already seized the Banks, AIG and the Auto Companies and that with out a public health emergency.

[fivecatsandadog]

One thing we can count on - the MSM raising the PANIC level: “what will happen next?”, “will I die?”, “will there be martial law?”.

[BuffaloJack]

This is the Left’s next fabricated crisis.
Without a global pandemic to strain the current healthcare system to its limits we can’t install a national government run healthcare and insurance system.

[boycott]

The last time I heard about swine flu was under jimmy carter. The obama adminsitration has so much in common with jimmy’s administration. We’re screwed!

[agere_contra]

Close analysis of the following graph tells me that while this is a real flu, the deaths are probably iatrogenic (caused by treatment).

[wolfcreek]

Gee, not a word about martial law, closing the borders or internment camps. Surely *they* discussed these items?(~{

[Gritty]

An economic recovery snuffed out.

What "economic recovery" are these fools talking about?

I think I'm beginning to see a scapegoat for the inevitable Obama Economic Disaster. The we-just-inherited-this-mess-from-Bush excuse is getting a bit worn out.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Now swine flu to the rescue. Maybe Bibi Natanyahu and Ehud Barak of Israel bomb the crap out of Iran and deliver the mother of all excuses to Zero.:-)

[lainie]

They might think so, but uh.... no.