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 ...
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.
The Swine flu crisis will be averted only if everyone converts to Islam and gives all their money and possessions to he government.
Well, of course. The flu comes every year. Swine flu, on the other hand, while serious, is not worth losing our freedoms over!
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?
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!)
What about dosage, and how often?
Available at the supermarket, or what?
Thanks...
CA....
Nothing like those herbal remedies! Who would have thought it!
Rather than rice milk (!), is water (bottled, of course!) a suitable substitute?
Just wonderin’...
CA....
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.
Is this like the Kenyan Usurper Emergency from last November?
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.
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
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.
“Oh, it looked to me like regular sicknesscoughing, feverthe 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!
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