So now we see why they have tried their best to make folks scared of a "swine flu pandemic"... Nothing more than yet another scare tactic like the library of others that have been rolled out for the last 7 months or so...
And they want money for Iraq and Afghanistan? I thought the libs wanted to just drop trow and bend over... What changed? Oh - right - it isn't Bush's idea this time.
As I recall, the CDC has sucessfully:
- made too little vaccine
- made the wrong vaccine
- made too much vaccine and had to throw it away
- disqualified select vaccine makers for no known reason
No one wants to underestimate the POSSIBLE severity of ANY
national/global health issue.
But do ya think we might get some bang for the buck with CDC leadership a little tiny bit better than freshman test tube washers?????
I’m only an mechanical engineer - not a biologist or other med school wannabe - but I’ve not heard a whole lot of success stories coming out of the CDC for many years.
Didn’t they just lose control of their environmental conditions in Atlanta like a couple of months ago??
Now how incompetent is that? I did indeed manage cleanrooms for a while and losing HVAC systemic control is
rank foolishness and neglect.
So we need a couple more billion $’s to send ACORN out to tell Chicago’s south side to wash their hands?
Personnally, I propose we mandate that they stop breathing.
That way we reduce man-made global warming AND stem the flu propogation/adaptation.
Sorry for the rant - but it was better to let it out than slit my parrot’s throat (even if the little sucker is potentially an avian flu secret agent)
Just curious - when do we get dog flu or cat flu? These options have so much more potential for creating mass panic and further governmental control.