Posted on 04/28/2009 8:24:00 AM PDT by Pete
When in danger
When in doubt
Run in circles
Scream and shout
I am just having trouble at this point seeing this as a crisis.
Social Distancing Who thinks up these names
51 out of 300 million
I know what you mean. However, we have to remember that a pandemic flue outbreak is an exponential event, not an arithmetic one. That means that tomorrow could be 10x and not just 2x worse than today. In other words, you don't see it coming.
It’s not now, although with the apparent death rate in Mexico from this particular flu, it could have been. People need to not panic, but take regular precautions.
Sounds more like a Rahm Emmanuel effort to get the Pelosi off the hook regarding torture than a genuine health threat.
That’s exactly right. Overnight in Mexico the number of deaths went up by 50%. I’m not sure why it’s deadly in Mexico and doesn’t appear to be anywhere else. Could it be another bug in conjunction?
YES....you gotta wonder what the Razzle Dazzler is doing while everyone is focused on THIS ....
You have never been to Mexico
We will know in the next week or so if it moves to a phase 5, which is defined as "Spread throughout United States". Phase 4 is "First Human Case in North America".
Given the Social Distancing plans the government has, my concern is what Obama and Rahm "never waste a crisis" Emmanuel will do if we do go to a 5.
All of these measures would be justified IF this event had high lethality or morbidity.
If 20% of the cases in Mexico went blind (for example), we would be DEMANDING that all these things be done.
The lethality of A/California/04/2009 is far from clear, however.
Napalitano will take that under consideration. She won’t act on it, but rest assured she’ll look into it.
Actually, I have been. It still does not make sense. Most deaths have been young/middle aged healthy people. And frankly, And I suspect anyone who survives in Mexico probably has a pretty healthy immune system!
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