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2009-04-29 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

US reaction to swine flu more muted than elsewhere

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Posted by Steve White 2009-04-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Our politicians have been shoveling pigsh*t on us for so long that we have developed some immunity to swine virus.

Posted by OldSpook 2009-04-29 01:03|| 2009-04-29 01:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Is 'muted' a synonym for 'muddled' these days?

Posted by SteveS 2009-04-29 02:08|| 2009-04-29 02:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Natural Selection is our friend! Panic and fear would only waste a good crisis. It must be permitted to fully mature. Only then can government and an emergency national medical programe featuring universal health care become the salvation.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-04-29 07:34|| 2009-04-29 07:34|| Front Page Top

#4 ...except for the loss of significant numbers of doctors, nurses, and first line responders downed by the wave of that 'mature' strain. Reading on the net, that's already happening in Mexico DF. I'm sure the bureaucrats will survive to man [or woman] a national health care system, but the practitioners are another matter.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-04-29 09:11|| 2009-04-29 09:11|| Front Page Top

#5 First US death of a toddler reported in Houston hospital, with the best resources available. Got queasy thinking about it--the girl in front of me on a flight from Houston coughed and barfed the whole trip. Have they put those virus-killing UV lights in the air circulation system on planes yet? They make UV wands to pass over hard surfaces that every cleaning crew could easily use. Hand sanitizer and Clorox wipes readily available in restrooms, for trays and shopping carts, the fever detectors used in Asian airports following SARS, etc. Seems like we could do some fairly simple procedures without panicking.

Posted by Thealing Borgia 122 2009-04-29 11:19|| 2009-04-29 11:19|| Front Page Top

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