CDC says too late to contain U.S. flu outbreak

Reuters ^ | 4/24/09

[Crazieman]

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it was too late to contain the swine flu outbreak in the United States.

CDC acting director Dr. Richard Besser told reporters in a telephone briefing it was likely too late to try to contain the outbreak, by vaccinating, treating or isolating people.

"There are things that we see that suggest that containment is not very likely," he said.

He said the U.S. cases and Mexican cases are likely the same virus. "So far the genetic elements that we have looked at are the same." But Besser said it was unclear why the virus was causing so many deaths in deaths in Mexico and such mild disease in the United States.

[soycd]

And obama is letting this crap come across the border while declaring war on republicans with anti-illegals bumper stickers.

Will the media cover this lapse in security? No, they will not.

[unkus]

You’ve sure got that right.

[Tucker822]

I can’t believe they cannot contain it. What is it that they’re NOT telling us is what I want to know. How widespread is it now that they CAN’T CONTAIN IT???!!!

[justsaynomore]

More news:

Possible Swine Flu Outbreak At NYC Prep School
Department Of Health Officials Testing 75 Students At St. Francis Preparatory School In Queens

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/swine.flu.nyc.2.994071.html

[azishot]

Our DIL is a nurse practitioner in Virginia and hadn’t heard about this until I mentioned it to her.

Nothing like keeping everyone informed, huh?

[lonestar]

Now they will be coming over to get free health care!!!

[Blackhawk]

Kimchi - Korean dish similar to sauerkraut

Similar only in that they both start with cabbage. I have had kimchi. I promise that the only health benefit it could possibly have would be the same qualities that any industrial strength veterinary laxative would have. Like radiation therapy for cancer, kimchi kills everything, healthy cells and diseased. That being said, there are times when a bowl full is just what the doctor ordered.

[TeleStraightShooter]

Lol, no, BH0 visited Mexico City recently...

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

I’m so not looking forward to traveling home through Houston/Bush International tomorrow. Guess it’s time to load up on the Airborne and vitamin cocktail.
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Use hand sanitizer. LOTS.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Guess those borders won’t be secure, huh? Thanks, Zero.

[bert]

That is a good piece. There seems to be solid medical science being brought to bear

[RandallFlagg]

‘twasn’t me.

seriesly.

[benjibrowder]

Is it just me, or does that fact seem to suggest that perhaps this virus didn’t naturally evolve?

[cva66snipe]

A local health department has lawful authority to close any establishment suspected of being a public health risk. A couple of cases of mild food poisoning can do it. Yet when there is a known and threatening health problem such as an epedemic in a bordering nation the CDC nor the POTUS or U.S. Surgeon General will order borders to that nation closed? Pray tell what was Ellis Island used for? As a buffer to limit the possibility of such from those coming to the U.S. The rush from south of the border to our ER’s will look like the day after Thanksgiving sales at stores. Close our border to Mexico.

[pillut48]

[thefrankbaum]

This Pinocchio Syndrome?

http://www.amazon.com/Pinocchio-Syndrome-David-Zeman/dp/0007160089

Review:
Freelance public health reporter Karen Embry stumbles onto the story of her life in this far-fetched political thriller by debut novelist Zeman. The American cruise ship Crescent Queen has been zapped by a nuclear missile in a presumed terrorist attack, and the U.S. government has yet to identify the perpetrators. Soon afterward, people around the world begin to succumb to a mysterious illness that seals them in a zombie-like coma. Doctors and scientists are baffled. Then the disease strikes the vice-president, Dan Everhard, the brains behind the current presidential administration. Without him, the unnamed president, whose popularity has already plummeted since the Crescent incident, is all the more vulnerable to the attacks of Colin Goss, an ultra-right-wing billionaire vying for the presidency. His platform consists of one plank: death to terrorists. Coming to the rescue of a floundering administration is charismatic Maryland senator Michael Campbell ("Michael had a near-perfect body for a man of his age"). Secret Service agent Joseph Kraig ("He liked to immerse himself in the longer Dostoyevski novels, and sometimes even read Shakespeare") rounds out the cast as he investigates the illness and eventually must save Campbell's kidnapped wife. Embry's story about the public health crisis becomes an investigative coup de grace revealing the evil Goss's ultimate goal: "World domination." The plot leaps from one improbable scenario to another, heedless of common sense. The characters barely achieve one dimension, the plot turns are preposterous and the sex scenes, of which there are scores, are laughable: "He would enter her gently and stroke her with himself until her sex was literally aflame." Ouch, that's got to hurt.

Sounds great. /s

[combat_boots]

Uh huh.

The infected people could always drink the tainted bottled water.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Biological terrorism by Al Qaeda?

Developed by, no. Sold/given to, possibly.

[COBOL2Java]

Of course, the borders are going to be swamped with sick Mexicans headed for our hospital emergency rooms and clinics, as well as being admitted to the hospitals among unsuspecting patients

Not to mention shaping our hamburger patties and stuffing our tacos...

[combat_boots]

“special FEMA camps.”

http://www.dogpile.com/dogpile/ws/results/Web/FEMA%20camps%20Texas/1/417/TopNavigation/Relevance/iq=true/zoom=off/_iceUrlFlag=7?_IceUrl=true

IIRC, the explanation was for illegals and dislocations resulting from disease. I only partially remember this explanation.