Military planning for possible H1N1 outbreak

CNN ^ | 7/29/09

[Sammy67]

Military wants to establish regional teams to help civilian authorities respond Proposal awaiting final approval from Defense Secretary Robert Gates Military could provide support such as air transport, large-scale testing

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. military wants to establish regional teams of military personnel to assist civilian authorities in the event of a significant outbreak of the H1N1 virus this fall, according to Defense Department officials.

The proposal is awaiting final approval from Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

The officials would not be identified because the proposal from U.S. Northern Command's Gen. Victor Renuart has not been approved by the secretary.

The plan calls for military task forces to work in conjunction with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. There is no final decision on how the military effort would be manned, but one source said it would likely include personnel from all branches of the military

[Sammy67]

Swine Flu 1976 Scare Commercials.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb0jjOszQ8E

[cherry]

another damn crisis and another damn czar.......like global warming, nothing out of the ordinary....

[markomalley]

Aww, geez. The anti-new-world-order conspiracy theorists are going to have a field day with this one!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb0jjOszQ8E

LOL! “I’m the healthiest 55 year old you’ve ever seen...”

He looks about 80, LOL!

Just remember to wash your hands a lot and don’t play with strangers and you’ll be OK. ;)

[Sammy67]

Thanks for adding the youtube link!

[evets]

[ExTexasRedhead]

I guess you don’t like the idea of being shipped off in boxcars to FEMA camps?

[pgkdan]

like global warming, nothing out of the ordinary....

I have to disagree with you there. H1N1 IS out of the ordinary. Last winter it was largely a non event to most of us but it has continued to infect and kill people this spring and winter when flu viruses are usually dormant. There are also strains in the US and UK that are already Tamiflu resistant. I live in VA and we've had 3 deaths from the flu this summer and a bunch of kids at summer camp have just been diagnosed with it. This is something we really need to be aware of and prepare for. It could be a nasty fall and winter.

[JenB987]

We haven’t heard squat about the swine flu in months. Obamacare starts failing in public opinion and in Congress and all the sudden we need military involvement for flu outbreaks.

Amazing...

[HollyB]

It is NOT necessary at all for the US MIlitary to be involved in the swine flu situation! Which, by the way, do not know one person who has contacted this flu. This is going overboard.

[Constitutions Grandchild]

The military wants to do this??? I realize there were significant cases among the candidates for OCS this summer. Several that I know of were sent home because of it, but somehow it doesn't appear to the sort of thing our military would get involved in (unless, of course, the distribution of the vaccine requires extra manpower to get where it is needed).

I wonder if my son was vaccinated...hm...m. He never said. We're off to see him graduate next Thursday, so I'll have a chance to give him a good look-over. Right now, he's only fighting some sort of skin fungus. (Sigh.) It isn't like I haven't spent my life protecting him from these sorts of things to have him contract them the minute I let him out of my sight. A mother's work is never done. ;-)

[GnL]

Martial law is the last ingredient in Obama's communist recipe for this country.

[HollyB]

I find it interesting that back in 2005 when O purchased stock in biotech companies - just 2 weeks later he was pushing for legislation on the Avian flu.

“Within two weeks of his purchase of the biotech stock that Feb. 22, Mr. Obama initiated what he has called “one of my top priorities since arriving in the Senate,” a push to increase federal financing to fight avian flu.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/us/politics/07obama.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print

[Califreak]

4 Senate pages display swine flu symptoms

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090729/ap_on_go_co/us_senate_swine_flu

[jessduntno]

“It is NOT necessary at all for the US MIlitary to be involved in the swine flu situation!”

Yep...when you get there, you can go right into the shower and relax...especially all the right wingers and old folks...

[OB1kNOb]

The plan calls for military task forces to work in conjunction with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Hmmmm.....Double hmmmm......aren't the six "camps" that FEMA are overseeing development of, to be located at various military bases? Hmmmm.....nothing to see or make the connection to here. Move along.

[Nachum]

Two pings in one. Good work HollyB

The list, ping

[TSgt]

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

anti-new-world-order conspiracy theorists

It's not a theory anymore. Your overlords are talking about it out in the open now. The Pollyanna's were wrong, the crackpots were right.