They are lying.
Ask them, what is more likely to cause this thing to spread more...500 infected people already here, or 20,000 potential carriers, entering every single day from Mexico?
Ask them, would American rather try to manage 500 sick and ill, or 20,000 potentially sick and ill crossing in every single day from Mexico?
Texas’ health officials say a Mexican toddler who is the first confirmed US death from swine flu arrived in Texas from Mexico on April 4th.
The Texas Department of State Health Services said Wednesday the Mexico City boy, who was about 2 years old, had underlying health problems when he traveled to Brownsville, Texas, to visit relatives. He was admitted to a Houston hospital a few days after developing a fever and other flu symptoms and died on Monday night.
In her testimony, Napolitano repeated the administration’s position that “passive surveillance” of U.S. land and sea ports was sufficient for now, saying that closing borders “has not been merited by the facts.”
The WHO argues against closing borders to stem the spread, and the U.S. — although checking arriving travelers for the ill who may need care — agrees it’s too late for that tactic.
In the U.S. alone, the CDC says about 36,000 people a year die of flu-related causes. Still, the CDC calls the new strain a combination of pig, bird and human viruses for which people may have limited natural immunity.
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In Mexico, where the disease first broke out, more than 2,000 cases had been confirmed as of Wednesday, including more than 150 deaths.
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/04/27/daily54.html
Health officials predicted the grim news a day earlier, when authorities said they “fully expect” to see U.S. deaths as the virus continued its spread around the world.
The new virus is suspected in 159 deaths and 2,498 illnesses across Mexico, said Health Secretary Jose Cordova, who called the death toll “more or less stable” even as hospitals are swamped with people who think they have swine flu. And he said only 1,311 suspected swine flu patients remain hospitalized, a sign that treatment works for people who get medical care quickly.
Besser told The Early Show that trying to determine why the disease has caused so many more fatalities in Mexico than elsewhere was “a critical question” for American scientists working on the ground with their counterparts south of the border.
He said understanding the differences between the disease’s spread in Mexico and the rest of the world, “can be helpful as we plan and implement our control strategies.”
Ask them, would American rather try to manage 500 sick and ill, or 20,000 potentially sick and ill crossing in every single day from Mexico?
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They won’t answer that but they probably hope this kills about 25 million Americans, at least. That’s the number Ayers gave and I’m sure that would thrill the hell out of the Kenyan Marxist mentally ill POS in the WH.