If this had happened under BUSH, you can damn well bet that this author would be writing something like THIS, instead. And it would be the leading story on MSNBC and DAILY KOS:
Bush Released Man-Made Flu
“Examination and analysis of the recent swine flu outbreak. Dr. Gary Ridenour suggested that this virus could further mutate and become even more dangerous. We could see mass school closings and work outages in the U.S., he said, and in a worst-case scenario, 5-15 million people could die. He estimated there was a 40% chance that the new virus was man-made, and was released either accidentally or intentionally.
The new swine virus was not natural. It’s a “genetically altered bioweapon,” possibly being “beta-tested in the field” to target specific races, say experts in the field, pointing toward the virus being designed, and noted how unusual it is for a flu virus to start out of season, and not come from the East.
Experts suggested the virus may be part of a global plan to reduce the population, and that the mysterious deaths of microbiologists in recent years could be connected to this outbreak— scientists who could help stop a pandemic were taken out.
Experts posited the idea that flu fears could be deliberate hype by the government in order to distract the public from other issues.”
Several of my neighbors in the STATE of Mexico have gotten Mexian Swine Flu, with the cough, phlegm high fever and head aches. It’s just one more par for the course, for life in 2009, a few bugs come and some go. We were at the hospital this a.m, they had a lot of empty beds. I don’t see the long lines of people burying bodies at cementeries. My mother told me she sat on the porch and watched the wagons pull the caskets, and it was a block long, the line of people getting into the cemetery. It ain’t happening..I think we need to all get back to work, spend money, and treat people who have the flu.