Posted on 04/29/2009 11:47:01 AM PDT by RDTF
@BreakingNews: BULLETIN -- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT IN 20 MINUTES; EXPECTED TO DECLARE PANDEMIC EMERGENCY.
(Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...
do you twitter, quack, splatter
A few hundred sick or dead out of 6 billion people oh please
Here’s another super-media-hyped crisis that I’m sure Obama must “respond” to.
It’s moving to 5. 6 is a pandemic.
sorry I just find the twitter thing such a funny name, the health announcement not funny
O brother, I guess only Obama can save us.
Huge chunks of sky now falling!
This whole manufactured flu crisis is becoming more of a farce.
The more hype the more I suspect this is all a big diversion.
swine flu ping
HUGE CHUNKS OF SKY NOW FALLING!!
If not all caps now, then when?
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - U.S. Border Protection agents were called to the Dow Chemical Plant in Iberville Parish after three workers on a Filipino tanker reportedly exhibited flu-like symptoms.
The tanker had previously made a stop in Mexico, a Dow spokesperson said.
Agents refused to allow the workers “landing privledges” which means they were forced to stay on the vessel.
It was not clear whether any of the workers actually had any type of illness.
The tanker Pacific Gas was at the facility to load materials.
A Dow chemical spokesperson says several Dow employees who interacted with the tanker crew were sent to a medical doctor for precautionary measures.
Dow says the referral to the doctor is strictly routine with international ship trafficking.
Dow says its employees are back on the job and that no flu-like symptoms are apparent with those employees.
A spokesperson for the United States Border Patrol, in Washington D.C., tells WAFB 9NEWS they are looking into the incident but declined further comment.
Dow released the following statement related to the incident:
“The U.S. Coast Guard informed Dow on Tuesday afternoon that there was a ship moored at our dock that had crewmembers who were exhibiting flu-like symptoms. There were a small number of employees that serviced the ship at Dow’s dock before the crewmembers exhibited these symptoms.”
“Loading of the ship was completed and it departed the dock last night at approximately 11:40pm. As a precaution, Dow is managing this situation and working closely with the appropriate governmental agencies.”
Dow says the tanker left its facility and was heading to Colombia, South America with no other planned stops.
I wonder what rights will be permanently removed from us this time.
WHO says pandemic alert phase 5 “closer”
This one is one hour old though.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/30/content_11284039.htm
I’m with you...
Let’s see them justify keeping borders and travel from Mexico wide open now.
Over 35,000 people a year die of the flu, how come no one gives a damn about those people. Pandemic my ass, it’s the flu..the only reason why people are dying in Mexico is because their health-care system is garbage
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