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WRAPUP 1-Mexico orders economic shutdown; pandemic imminent
Reuters ^ | Thu Apr 30, 2009 | Catherine Bremer and Laura MacInnis

Posted on 04/29/2009 10:07:29 PM PDT by penelopesire

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To: 444Flyer

Maybe, the dollar store? I got two of the last bottles at Wal-Mart last night.


261 posted on 04/30/2009 6:46:41 PM PDT by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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To: AmericanInTokyo
IMHO, there will be something akin to a popular revolution in the USA if there are rising tolls American dead or seriously ill and they still keep that Southern border open...

At least on the non-Kool Aid drinking side, there will be.

I'm afraid the "faithful" will stand drooling in awe of The One until the moment they see their own heart monitor flatline.

262 posted on 04/30/2009 6:56:33 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: ClayinVA

Yes the Dollar Tree here has what seems like an endless supply of 62% alcohol sanitizer bottles, in all shapes and colors.


263 posted on 04/30/2009 7:05:44 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: steve86

Live in Orlando. Walgreens and CVC were sold out of hand sanitizer, but managed to find some sample sizes at CVC. I bought the last two boxes of N95’s at the Home Depot near where I work......and Florida still is not fessing up to having any “confirmed” cases here.....


264 posted on 04/30/2009 7:12:55 PM PDT by Lorraine
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To: penelopesire

Our company is still at work in Guadalajara, as of this post. 3,000 in one plant serving many major US manufactures.


265 posted on 04/30/2009 7:13:49 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: Windflier

A friend of mine flew home to Orlando from Dallas where he had been attending a conference since Sunday. There were quite a number of people on the plane wearing masks. He had been busy at the conference and hadn’t watched much news so was quite taken aback at all the face masks.


266 posted on 04/30/2009 7:23:10 PM PDT by Lorraine
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To: penelopesire

“A friend of mine on another board posted this email she received from her doctor in Texas. It’s sounding pretty scary to me:

New Braunfels, TX

________________________________________________________

The doctor that wrote the email from New Braunfels some are pooh poohing elsewhere on this thread and others has a name.

http://www.vitals.com/doctors/Dr_Marcus_Gitterle.html

http://www.prisonplanet.com/texas-doctor-claims-swine-flu-cases-far-worse-than-reported.html

yeah I know it’s Alex Jones, but this email may be the real deal.

IMO, people are wondering why the government is loathe to do anything about it and not closing the border, etc. Panicking people in a recession, enforcing quarantine, etc. would have negative impact on GDP as well as have a negative impact on social order. Couple that with groups using this situation for political purposes and/or profit, and you’ve got the mass confusion we’re in. Personally I’m not running for the hills yet or shuttering my windows, but I am preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. If this is the “real deal” good luck to all of you


267 posted on 04/30/2009 7:32:57 PM PDT by model B (attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference -- Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: Lorraine
He had been busy at the conference and hadn’t watched much news so was quite taken aback at all the face masks.

Well, I suppose that someone could get so engrossed in a conference that they might lose track of daily events. I've been to lots of out of town conventions, and have always found at least a few minutes a day to keep up with major events.

268 posted on 04/30/2009 7:39:48 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: model B

Thanks for the links. It looks pretty legit to me as well. I am not freaking either yet...just preparing. Might as well with Mr. Obama in the driver’s seat. He is doing so many crazy and dangerous things, it’s just a matter of time before this country is hit again or suffers some disaster that he causes or fails to prevent/ mitigate.


269 posted on 04/30/2009 7:51:47 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: model B

The real deal is to pay attention to what comes from your county commissioners court, and your county medical director. These folks on here are just stirring up angst and fear. They will tell you to run out and buy useless masks, purchase homeopathic snake oil, attend public gatherings and trust in a common “faith”. Some will even private mail you with deals on antivirals. Charlatans all.


270 posted on 04/30/2009 8:29:34 PM PDT by AH_LiveRight
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To: ClayinVA
Thanks Clayin. I went to about 7 stores today but I found a couple bottles right after a gal stocked them at the drug store. She couldn't believe how fast they have sold out of everything.
271 posted on 04/30/2009 8:41:20 PM PDT by 444Flyer (Lord have mercy.)
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To: penelopesire

have you seen the following: http://www.ksat.com/health/19336577/detail.html?

I hadn’t had time to look since I submitted some info to snopes earlier about this (around 3:30 p.m. cst), so I assume I’m late on this...


272 posted on 04/30/2009 10:02:08 PM PDT by jurroppi1 (We need to reward the people that carry the water instead of the people that drink the water!)
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To: 444Flyer

I’ll trade you two 8 oz. bottles of Purell for a case of 9mm shells.


273 posted on 04/30/2009 10:35:16 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: model B
I think the reason they aren't closing the borders is simple
its already been here for a while and is now only picking up speed,I think most folks will be just fine,as in most deadly flu the young and the old are the most at risk,last winter my wife was in the hospital with double phenomia and they told her she had a flu they weren't sure what it was,it darn neared killed her but she recovered but who is to say what that actually was,in this germ infested society we live in who really knows
274 posted on 04/30/2009 11:20:41 PM PDT by David L Walker straightheart (Let them win small stupid battles we will win the war,Kill all the jihads)
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To: jurroppi1

WOW! You think the brownshirts got to him? I find it very odd that anyone would even take task with his letter. It seemed well reasoned and simple to me. He mentions that it was ‘edited’. I wonder what was edited?

It seems very strange..the whole thing. First the authorities and press are scaring everyone to death..then starting just yesterday, the media and the Obama Administration start dialing back everything. I truly believe that people like this doctor and perhaps Joe Biden even are probably pretty close to the truth here as they know it and have been told.

Now suddenly, it’s wrong for a doctor to warn his patients or express his opinion? That is chilling!


275 posted on 05/01/2009 6:05:39 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: penelopesire; rintense; battletank

Yeah, I responded in much the same vein regarding this to rintense on the thread that battletank originally posted the email in.

I also responded to the original post by battletank with the same link as an FYI.

Sounds to me like he was told that he needed to do some damage control because his email was going viral and making people second guess the CDC and the powers that be.

The way this whole thing is playing out is suspect.


276 posted on 05/01/2009 6:14:16 AM PDT by jurroppi1 (We need to reward the people that carry the water instead of the people that drink the water!)
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To: jurroppi1

Look at this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2241886/posts

Seems anyone that speaks out about this flu and even suggests that the borders should be closed or that Mexicans are taxing our system gets fired now! The radio guy might not have been ‘sensitive’ in his remarks..but since when is that a crime? It’s ok for Jeane Garofalo to call Tea Party attendees ‘racist rednecks’ and ‘stupid’ on a major network(NBC) but you better not say anything about Mexicans on a local radio show or in an email to you friends. It’s ok for our DHS secretary to call conservatives and our military threats to our country and terrorists..but you better not say anything about Mexicans.

Where is my country?


277 posted on 05/01/2009 6:21:00 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: penelopesire

Report from relatives in Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico....all schools, all businesses and all places where the public can gather are closed. Period. I’m sure this is all over Mexico per this story....


278 posted on 05/01/2009 10:20:22 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: cornfedcowboy

A case just in case.


279 posted on 05/01/2009 11:11:25 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT 2006; now living north of Tampa Bay)
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To: penelopesire

“Now suddenly, it’s wrong for a doctor to warn his patients or express his opinion? That is chilling!”

Actually with the PC thought police, that has been the standard for over two decades re HIV/Aids and diseases those patients have.

Of course for about the same time Doctors who dared to point out the dangerous infectious diseases that illegals carry and harbor, have been met with censure and worse.


280 posted on 05/01/2009 11:14:37 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Does Zer0 have any friends, who are not criminals, foriegn/domestic terrorists, or tax cheats?)
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