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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.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: declares; emergency; flu; h1n1; influenza; swineflu; us
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Seems I forgot the link the first time I posted.
This story includes a few details on the emergency powers invoked by the President.
- increases ability of treatment facilities allowing the implementation of emergency plans.
- declaration similar to ones issued before hurricanes
- allows authorities to bypass certain federal requirements in order to deal more effectively with emergencies
- directive removes bureaucratic hurdles, allowing sick patients to receive treatment more quickly
- Paperwork on patients reduced
- additional health centers can be set up outside hospitals.
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posted on
10/24/2009 2:39:20 PM PDT
by
delacoert
To: delacoert
This is a created “epidemic”.
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posted on
10/24/2009 2:42:53 PM PDT
by
gedeon3
To: delacoert
allows authorities to bypass certain federal requirements in order to deal more effectively with emergencies
This is the story that needs reporting.
Bypass certain federal requirements... like the Constitution... or like the endangered species act?
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posted on
10/24/2009 2:43:14 PM PDT
by
delacoert
To: delacoert
"It allows authorities to bypass certain federal requirements in order to deal more effectively with emergencies." There you go...government causes inefficiencies.
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posted on
10/24/2009 2:44:50 PM PDT
by
blam
To: delacoert
A NATIONAL EMERGENCY?????
Seems more like an excuse for declaring Martial law to me. I have a HUGE cirlce of aquaintances that I see every day, being a sort of “circuit-riding” music teacher in the Tri-County South Florida area, and so far have not encountered a SINGLE CASE of Swine Flu.
How bout all you FReepers out there? Anybody sick yet?
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posted on
10/24/2009 2:47:22 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
To: gedeon3
Simple question asked by an observant email friend of mine:
Why has the President declared a national emergency for the H1N1 flu that has reportedly killed 1,000 people in the United States, when the Seasonal Flu will reportedly claim 36,000 deaths in the country this year?
To: left that other site
My family and friends are all over Michigan, including the UP, not heard of a single case of swine flu.
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posted on
10/24/2009 2:51:41 PM PDT
by
exnavy
(GOD save the republic)
To: delacoert
Which federal requirements? I shudder to think.
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posted on
10/24/2009 2:53:39 PM PDT
by
MizSterious
(Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm? John Page, 1744-1808)
To: gedeon3
How many with symptoms had the vaccine ?
I am reading where that vaccine is causing symptoms
Wasn’t there a thread about Obama’s daughters not getting the vaccine because of risk factors or did I misread it ?
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posted on
10/24/2009 3:00:26 PM PDT
by
uncbob
To: MamaDearest
when the Seasonal Flu will reportedly claim 36,000 deaths in the country this year?
According to a post on another thread that number is very bogus--the actual number is somewhere around 1000 a year
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posted on
10/24/2009 3:02:17 PM PDT
by
uncbob
To: exnavy
My friend in Michigan said over 40 schools are closed in her area. Her whole family (4 kids, 2 adults) got it last week. All recovered well.
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posted on
10/24/2009 3:02:51 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: MamaDearest
Why? Never let a crisis go to waste, even if you have to create one out of thin air.
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posted on
10/24/2009 3:04:51 PM PDT
by
ol' hoghead
(He is not here; for he is risen.)
To: left that other site
My son and Myself both were positive for h1n1. We were sick...no doubt about it. But it wasn’t horrid or anything.
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posted on
10/24/2009 3:06:00 PM PDT
by
Explodo
(Pessimism is simply pattern recognition)
To: Yaelle
Was it swine flu? My gut tells me they're calling all flu's Swine to jack
up the numbers to scare people into believing the Messiah will save them.
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posted on
10/24/2009 3:06:02 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Obama can't play in the Olympic reindeer games)
To: delacoert
I think the “federal requirements” portion needs to be vetted a little better than a bunch of us screaming “martial law”.
To: Explodo
"How do they tell HINI from standard flu viruses" is one question I want answered
along with who's doing the testing for accuracy.
Probably in two years someone will blow the whistle and say the test wasn't accurate
or something like that. "Oops our bad, move along".
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posted on
10/24/2009 3:10:14 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Obama can't play in the Olympic reindeer games)
To: eyedigress
To: Yaelle
The nurse I know at North Ottawa hospital is telling me there are flu cases out there, but NOT swine flu.
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posted on
10/24/2009 3:11:44 PM PDT
by
exnavy
(GOD save the republic)
To: left that other site
“Anybody sick yet?”
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I hab a code in my node and can’t breeb good.
To: Repeal The 17th
Chicken SOUP!!!!!!
Seriously, feel better, FRiend.
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posted on
10/24/2009 3:21:47 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
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