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Napolitano declares public health emergency
The Hill ^

Posted on 04/26/2009 10:25:26 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Napolitano declares public health emergency @ 1:01 pm by Eric Zimmermann

The United States will declare the swine flu outbreak a public health emergency, Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano said today.

Speaking at a White House press briefing, Napolitano said the declaration is not as severe it sounds.

"It allows us to free up state and local resources" that otherwise would not be available, Napolitano said.

The declaration does not necessarily convey the authority to initiate quarantines.

"We're nowhere near that kind of decision," Napolitano said.

Also at the briefing, the Director of the Center for Disease Control, Richard Besser, warned that there will likely be more cases of the swine flu detected in the U.S., adding those cases will grow more severe.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: april2009flu; bho44; bhocdc; bhodhs; flu; influenza; janetnapolitano; mexicanflu; mexiflu; napolitano; outbreak; publichealth; swineflu
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To: penelopesire
Wonder what the press would say if George Bush did that in the middle of a possible pandemic?

Totally oblivious to the potential deaths of millions, in what is a pattern of typical disregard for threatened minorities in the path of this deadly killer, Bush ignores the largest threat to our nation since Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and instead played golf.

101 posted on 04/26/2009 11:24:45 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Sub-Driver

I wish someone would explain to me how the Federal Govt can “free up State and Local resources”....do they hold them in cages or something? As far as looking incompetent, they just looked as what they are.


102 posted on 04/26/2009 11:25:34 AM PDT by pepperdog (The world has gone crazy.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Folks, this could be the last straw for our economy. If they start quarantining, you can kiss about every mall in the United States good-bye. Online would be the only way to buy, and that would be suspect as well, since the delivery guy could be a carrier to multiple dwellings and businesses.

Good luck!


103 posted on 04/26/2009 11:26:15 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Pres__ent Obama's own grandmother says he was born in Kenya. She was there.)
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To: Raycpa

Bingo! LOL!!


104 posted on 04/26/2009 11:26:37 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: Judith Anne
I don’t like the name “Swine Flu” because this bug has human, avian and swine components.

I’m calling it Mexiflu, from another poster’s suggestion.

The Mexican Mix-up Flu (I never salsach a thing.)

105 posted on 04/26/2009 11:26:52 AM PDT by arasina (So there.)
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To: DoughtyOne

This is one reason why I have been very restrained when it comes to panicking about diseases. When you have an administration like this one, it’s like putting a gun to your own head and putting Napolitano’s finger on the trigger.


106 posted on 04/26/2009 11:27:54 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Pres__ent Obama's own grandmother says he was born in Kenya. She was there.)
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To: Miss Didi

I wish you would quit posting scary looking pictures of our fearless leader, you may frighten foreign countries with pictures like that! :^)


107 posted on 04/26/2009 11:29:29 AM PDT by pepperdog (The world has gone crazy.)
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To: jersey117

“I don’t get it. They declare a public health emergency but do not issue a travel warning.”

Amazing,isn’t it? Other countries have issued travel warnings to MExico and the USA. THANKS, Mexico!

Last night I was listening to radio. Some ‘expert’ said the time to worry would be when Obama gets on TV to tell us ‘not to worry’. We shall see.


108 posted on 04/26/2009 11:29:45 AM PDT by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925; Foreigners 2008)
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To: All

Folks: do NOT be with the masses stocking up at Walmart today. IF you MUST go -- do it early in the morning, like 3 am, to avoid the crowds.

Reconsider that Subway ride tomorrow morning, too... Carpooling with a healthy buddy might be a wise thing until we know this bug isn't mutating from the current Swine-Avian-Human variant... I wouldn't personally risk my chances on a 6 percent mortality rate if I lived near one of the known hotzones ... but again, that's a personal call.

Tamiflu might not work for all and there's no guarantee the government can get it out in time if it mutates... Don't panic -- instead, be prudent.

Current first-hand accounts from Mexico on the BBC:

Mexico flu: Your experiences


109 posted on 04/26/2009 11:33:47 AM PDT by BP2 (I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
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To: jeffc

Man o man, would that be a very stupid move of biblical proportion!


110 posted on 04/26/2009 11:35:50 AM PDT by dusttoyou (Remember the Alamo - Tea Party2 4th of July)
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To: BP2
Folks: do NOT be with the masses stocking up at Walmart today. IF you MUST go -- do it early in the morning, like 3 am, to avoid the crowds.

I went to Meijer shopping at 2AM Saturday. Not many customers, just a bunch of Hispanic men cleaning.

111 posted on 04/26/2009 11:37:26 AM PDT by muggs (If Obama is the answer, it must have been a stupid question)
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To: jeffc

sure is


112 posted on 04/26/2009 11:39:42 AM PDT by Munz ("We're all here for you OK? It's a circle of love" Rham Emanuel)
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To: dusttoyou

Today must have been FART in the wind day for Dimwits.


113 posted on 04/26/2009 11:40:21 AM PDT by jocko12
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To: Sub-Driver

Round up the pro-lifers and quarantine them ASAP!

And watch out for those returning veterans! You never know what they picked up over there.


114 posted on 04/26/2009 11:40:29 AM PDT by Deo volente
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To: muggs

I went to Sam’s in Ohio yesterday on a unusually warm and sunny day in Ohio. Not too many people out, but I guess on Saturday Janet had not told us to worry yet!


115 posted on 04/26/2009 11:40:56 AM PDT by proudtobeanamerican1 (God Bless the USA and Israel)
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To: AuntB

That’s when I realized that we were dying of PC.

It’s COMMON SENSE to say, “It’s not advisable at this time to travel to Mexico.”

Where are the deaths? MEXICO! And still NO warning about traveling there. That’s assinine.

I think they’re worried about making Mexico tourism suffer.

Geez. Concern should have dictated a different answer to that question. “We do not advise you to travel to Mexico at this time.”

Watching the press conference, I thought they were actually underplaying the thing. I think they have no clue.

And they are “questioning” people at the border to see if they are sick. If you don’t have a doctor in Mexico and you get something...where are you going to head? Straight to an ER in the US.


116 posted on 04/26/2009 11:42:39 AM PDT by Winstons Julia
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To: Deo volente

Gloom and Doomers!~

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117 posted on 04/26/2009 11:43:28 AM PDT by proudtobeanamerican1 (God Bless the USA and Israel)
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To: Winstons Julia

Agreed!


118 posted on 04/26/2009 11:44:38 AM PDT by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925; Foreigners 2008)
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To: proudtobeanamerican1

I have a question.....how do they evict you from your home for foreclosure when you are quarantined......

You would be unable to work and unable to actually leave?

How would that work?


119 posted on 04/26/2009 11:44:56 AM PDT by proudtobeanamerican1 (God Bless the USA and Israel)
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To: jocko12

Janet’s the only one around so she had to DO SOMETHING.


120 posted on 04/26/2009 11:45:35 AM PDT by dusttoyou (Remember the Alamo - Tea Party2 4th of July)
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