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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: Barney59

BO’s got legs like a transvestite...
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His wife looks like a tranny and is very manly. He is girly.


161 posted on 04/26/2009 12:24:38 PM PDT by mojitojoe ( Idiots elected a Marxist ideologue with narcissistic personality disorder & America is dying.)
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To: Sub-Driver

I guess when the White House takes the position of Never letting a good Pandemic go to waste its game on...


162 posted on 04/26/2009 12:26:21 PM PDT by Typical_Whitey (Hey Obama, the world loved Bill Clinton too, but radical muslims still attacked us.)
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To: Brilliant

>>>> Nepolitano? What does this have to do with security? <<<<<

It’s certainly an odd protocol for a medical issue.


163 posted on 04/26/2009 12:29:52 PM PDT by angkor
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To: Finalapproach29er

If the republicans were smart, they would use this opportunity to educate Americans on the failures of socialized Obama Care by citing the number of deaths in Mexico(which has Government run healthcare)!


164 posted on 04/26/2009 12:34:40 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: freedom lives

I saw this a little while ago, thought...well you know
http://www.conspiracyking.com/The-Dark-Side/avian-flu-fema-train-connection-update.html
About 10 minutes.
Listen to the video. Notice the details.

The government has been out of control for a long time.
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I know that video is probably BS, but it’s still scary. What is that train for? I’ve never seen a train like that or that long? I have a very bad feeling about this country. I no longer feel secure and just want to get out of here.


165 posted on 04/26/2009 12:37:59 PM PDT by mojitojoe ( Idiots elected a Marxist ideologue with narcissistic personality disorder & America is dying.)
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To: Sub-Driver

I just had interesting thought. I am in Ohio, so a case in Lorain County was interesting to me. (Especially since my whole family has most of the symptoms;0(

I googled swine flu and there have been cases here in the last several years! Maybe this is not a new “strain” and they are hyping it and testing all flu cases. Maybe this is just a strain that has been out there, not really affecting mortality rates.

I am done speculating on why, but what if the irony is that it is nothing new.


166 posted on 04/26/2009 12:39:33 PM PDT by proudtobeanamerican1 (Tagline Repair Services Available!)
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To: Sub-Driver
""It allows us to free up state and local resources" that otherwise would not be available, Napolitano said.

i.e., we can now put anything under federal control.

167 posted on 04/26/2009 12:39:47 PM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: angkor
>>>> Nepolitano? What does this have to do with security? <<<<<

It’s certainly an odd protocol for a medical issue.

Their claim will be that with the mechanisms they in place, Homeland Defense is best suited for solving this “crisis.”

168 posted on 04/26/2009 12:40:15 PM PDT by BP2 (I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
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To: proudtobeanamerican1

http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology/2007/08/swine_flu_in_ohio.php

I know there are different strains, but we really don’t know the exact strain that this was. Any ideas on how to find out?


169 posted on 04/26/2009 12:42:33 PM PDT by proudtobeanamerican1 (Tagline Repair Services Available!)
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To: angkor; All

Sorry folks, to the govt - “pandemic” is in the same realm as disasters and “bioterrorism”, and falls under the authority of DHS. In fact, it is listed as one of the reasons they would institute martial law if necessary.

This has been true a while and has been a concern of mine for over a year. I do not think people are prepared for a long term forced quarantine.

Seeing Obama riding around in a golf cart today, while his inept government tells us they are taking aggressive actions (all they are doing is aggressively “watching”), doing nothing, not doing things we know could help contain it. This is all NOT going to help them with a national healthcare agenda. In fact, I believe it will fly back in their face - they are showing us right now how BAD they are at healthcare.

On another forum I’m on there are many “pro-Obama” folks who just woke up - realizing dear leader isn’t about their best interests after all (duh).


170 posted on 04/26/2009 12:43:31 PM PDT by justsaynomore
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To: Sub-Driver; All

If, in February of ‘33, the Nazis had thought to infect the non-Nazi elements of the Reichstag with some sort of bio-agent, they certainly would have in order to accelerate their drive to seize total power.

76 years later, our own illegal fascist regime has demonstrated that they’ve learned from history.

If this ain’t the main course FRiends, it is for damn sure one helluva appetizer.


171 posted on 04/26/2009 12:43:48 PM PDT by mkjessup (You're either with our Constitution, or you are with TKU ("The Kenyan Usurper"). CHOOSE!!!)
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To: ChicagahAl

Marie Jon had an a post on her Facebook wall about this possibility. Looks like she was right.


172 posted on 04/26/2009 12:53:05 PM PDT by pctech
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To: Sub-Driver

Napoleontano was against the public health emergency before she was for it PING!

What a bunch of boneheads running our country—please, God, keep us safe DESPITE HolyO’s administration!!!


173 posted on 04/26/2009 12:57:58 PM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
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To: madmominct

Thought it was tinfoil hat stuff, but who knows, maybe they’re up to something. Don’t trust them one inch.
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Some of those tinfoil hat theories aren’t seeming so wildly insane right now. There are a lot of unanswered questions. What are all of those ventilated trains for? 30 miles of cars in many states? I’ve never seen trains like that. I find it hard to believe people can’t find out who they belong to and what they are for. I just want answers, then I won’t be apt to join the tinfoil hat crowd.

http://www.conspiracyking.com/The-Dark-Side/avian-flu-fema-train-connection-update.html


174 posted on 04/26/2009 12:59:42 PM PDT by mojitojoe ( Idiots elected a Marxist ideologue with narcissistic personality disorder & America is dying.)
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To: justsaynomore

Seeing Obama riding around in a golf cart today
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he haws said time and time again, he does NOT work on weekends. Saturday night is dinner date night and he takes weekends off.


175 posted on 04/26/2009 1:03:53 PM PDT by mojitojoe ( Idiots elected a Marxist ideologue with narcissistic personality disorder & America is dying.)
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To: Sub-Driver
Could this be Zero's Reichstag Fire?
176 posted on 04/26/2009 1:05:25 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barack Hussein 0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: aruanan
"Special inoculation"--LOL!
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177 posted on 04/26/2009 1:06:11 PM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
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To: Ancient Drive

A total airhead.

I pray there is little to nothing to worry about because just her endorsement of the situation creates indifference, lack of concern etc.

Reminds me of Blank-O.


178 posted on 04/26/2009 1:06:57 PM PDT by Let's Roll (Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their government funding!)
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To: Miss Didi

It’s good to be the Presient.....all fun and games.....problems?.....Bush’s fault!


179 posted on 04/26/2009 1:07:30 PM PDT by cfrels
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To: Seaplaner
H. Hussein. Should not be mentioned, except BY the TOTUS while overseas, to prove his own status as a fellow member of a preferred minority group.

N. N00bie.

See also this vanity.

Cheers!

180 posted on 04/26/2009 1:07:45 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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