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US declares swine flu 'emergency' [Emergency powers info]
BBC World News America ^ | 24 October 2009

Posted on 10/24/2009 2:39:19 PM PDT by delacoert

US President Barack Obama has declared swine flu a national emergency.

The White House said the president signed the proclamation concerning the 2009 H1N1 outbreak on Friday evening.

It increases the ability of treatment facilities to handle a surge in H1N1 patients by easing the implementation of emergency plans.

Last week US officials said swine flu activity was widespread in 46 states. More that 1,000 deaths have been linked to the virus.

Health officials say the infections are already comparable to peak season flu levels.

Vaccine warning

US officials said the president's declaration was similar to ones issued before hurricanes make landfall.

It allows authorities to bypass certain federal requirements in order to deal more effectively with emergencies.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: declares; emergency; flu; h1n1; influenza; swineflu; us
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To: PugetSoundSoldier
Yes, yes.

The federal government is here to maintain the God given protections, to underrepresented species, to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

If humans are endangered by an act of God Nature, then the federal government will dispassionately weigh the interests of the variously involved species and determine which one needs to be more equally protected and which one needs to be directed to a federal facility.

41 posted on 10/24/2009 4:20:31 PM PDT by delacoert
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To: delacoert

The Swine flu crisis will be averted only if everyone converts to Islam and gives all their money and possessions to he government.


42 posted on 10/24/2009 4:23:16 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Send Obama and his Czars to Ekaterinburg)
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To: exnavy

Well, of course. The flu comes every year. Swine flu, on the other hand, while serious, is not worth losing our freedoms over!


43 posted on 10/24/2009 4:24:23 PM PDT by left that other site (Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
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To: olivia3boys

How are the children who got Swine flu reacting? Are they recovering? How long does it seem to take for them to recover, longer than “regular” flu?


44 posted on 10/24/2009 4:26:39 PM PDT by left that other site (Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
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To: Explodo

Based on the fact that one or two members of a family get it but not others, perhaps it is not even as virulent as it was in Mexico.
After all, we DO have “slightly” better living conditions here.
(I hope that wasn’t a rasis statement! LOL!)


45 posted on 10/24/2009 4:29:53 PM PDT by left that other site (Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
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To: mlizzy
...oregano oil...

What about dosage, and how often?

Available at the supermarket, or what?

Thanks...

CA....

46 posted on 10/24/2009 4:33:20 PM PDT by Chances Are (Whew! It seems I've at last found that silly grin!)
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To: mlizzy

Nothing like those herbal remedies! Who would have thought it!


47 posted on 10/24/2009 4:35:43 PM PDT by left that other site (Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
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To: Chances Are
Here's a link with information: Link.

You can order through that site or you can order direct from YoungLiving where you will need a member's order number as a referral. You can use ours if you like which is #1092124. I believe oregano oil can be obtained many different places, but the only one I can recommend is the one I've used which is from YoungLiving. The oil tastes morbidly awful, so I ordered clear vegetable capsules from the company and I put 2-3 drops into a capsule and have them twice a day. I also take a few other oils from YoungLiving. I'm pleased with everything I've purchased there. We use Thieves oil too "neat" (no dilution with v-6 oil) on the bottoms of our feet at night. And have something to drink when you take the oregano (I drink rice milk) ... it's really powerful stuff --
48 posted on 10/24/2009 4:47:52 PM PDT by mlizzy ("It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy" --Mother Teresa of Calcutta.)
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To: mlizzy
Whoops, that's Young Living
49 posted on 10/24/2009 4:49:11 PM PDT by mlizzy ("It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy" --Mother Teresa of Calcutta.)
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To: mlizzy

Rather than rice milk (!), is water (bottled, of course!) a suitable substitute?

Just wonderin’...

CA....


50 posted on 10/24/2009 5:45:12 PM PDT by Chances Are (Whew! It seems I've at last found that silly grin!)
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To: gedeon3

Just watching the news and they are showing people across the nation lining up and even spending the night for a place in line to get the swine flu shot that is only available in small quantities.

Are people going to panic?

Wow if I was really worried about the flu in our area we would just stay home.

Not like we have never been home bound before.

How much ya wanna bet the vaccine will be stolen and sold on the black market to panic stricken people.


51 posted on 10/24/2009 6:08:46 PM PDT by Global2010 (Strange We Can Believe In)
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To: delacoert

Is this like the Kenyan Usurper Emergency from last November?


52 posted on 10/24/2009 6:10:20 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Here's to the good old days, when we shot Commies instead of electing them.)
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To: Global2010

Stupid is as Stupid does.

Every time you wonder how the Pencil Necked Usurper got elected, just look at how people react to his ridiculous mandates and proclamations.

Democrats, Lemmings, Liberals or Sheep, they are all the same.


53 posted on 10/24/2009 6:13:54 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Here's to the good old days, when we shot Commies instead of electing them.)
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To: MrBambaLaMamba
The Swine flu crisis will be averted only if everyone converts to Islam and gives all their money and possessions to he government.

ALERT: Bathtub deaths increase due to slipery BATHTUB BOTTOMS.
ANALists say that more people die from bathtub slippage then SWINE!


Stay Away From he BATHTUBS

54 posted on 10/24/2009 7:04:25 PM PDT by MaxMax (Obama can't play in the Olympic reindeer games)
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To: left that other site

Oh, it looked to me like regular sickness—coughing, fever—the case I knew of last week got a fever Fri, sick all weekend, missed Mon/Tues, back to school fine on Wed.


55 posted on 10/24/2009 11:11:22 PM PDT by olivia3boys
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To: olivia3boys

“Oh, it looked to me like regular sickness—coughing, fever—the case I knew of last week got a fever Fri, sick all weekend, missed Mon/Tues, back to school fine on Wed.”

Well, I for one, am happy to hear that. However, the Lyin’ King will use whatever he can to declare a NATIONAL EMERGENCY, and then possibly...MARTIAL LAW...to rob us of our freedoms and consolidate his power. INMNSHO of course!


56 posted on 10/25/2009 6:05:23 AM PDT by left that other site (Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
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