Thread: Malkin on Flu: finally get serious about borders now?

Hey, maybe we’ll finally get serious about borders now; Update: 2 swine flu cases confirmed in Kansas; 8 probable in NYC; Update: US declares public health emergency

By Michelle Malkin • April 25, 2009 02:01 PM

The deadly flu strain sweeping across Mexico and into the U.S. has world health experts sounding the alarm bells. Mexico City has been shut down. Officials are advising citizens there to wear masks. There’s talk of a pandemic. California and Texas have seen several reported cases, but no deaths in the U.S.

Yet:

A new flu strain that has killed up to 68 people in Mexico could become a pandemic, the World Health Organization warned on Saturday, as health experts tried to track the disease’s spread.

Hospitals tested patients with flu symptoms for the never-before-seen virus, which has also infected eight people in the United States. No further deaths had come to light since Friday afternoon, but officials warned the person-to-person infections meant there was a risk of a major outbreak…

…Mexico has shut schools, cinemas and museums and canceled public events in its sprawling, overcrowded capital of 20 million people to try to prevent further infections. Weekend soccer matches were played in empty stadiums and people on the street wore face masks.

The strain of flu has spread fast between people and infected some individuals who had no contact with one another.

The WHO says the virus from 12 of the Mexican patients is genetically the same as a new strain of swine flu, designated H1N1, seen in eight people in California and Texas. All of the eight later recovered.

An emergency committee of WHO experts, convening on Saturday, will advise Chan on issues including possibly changing the WHO’s pandemic alert level, currently 3 on a scale of 1 to 6.

A NYC prep school saw 75 students fall ill on Friday and health officials are testing to see if it’s the new strain of swine flu.

The World Health Organization is set to declare the outbreak an “international concern.â€

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I would like EVERYBODY to look at this Flu Pandemic and compare it in a way to New Orleans during Katrina. When that hurricane was at its worse, and the levies were starting to give, WHAT happened?
They did WHATEVER they could to STOP those levies from BREAKING. They DIDNT stand back and say "Oh well, the houses are flooding already".
So, why in Gods name are they not stopping the Illegals who may or may not be INFECTED from crossing into OUR COUNTRY? The elected Represenatives could possibly be KILLING AMERICANS, on PURPOSE!

Originally Posted by PatriotofPast

I would like EVERYBODY to look at this Flu Pandemic and compare it in a way to New Orleans during Katrina. When that hurricane was at its worse, and the levies were starting to give, WHAT happened?
They did WHATEVER they could to STOP those levies from BREAKING. They DIDNT stand back and say "Oh well, the houses are flooding already".
So, why in Gods name are they not stopping the Illegals who may or may not be INFECTED from crossing into OUR COUNTRY? The elected Represenatives could possibly be KILLING AMERICANS, on PURPOSE!

Maybe its their way of getting rid of "rightwing extremists" and gaining imbecilic voters.