"What happens if swine flu goes away?"
"What happens if swine flu goes away?"
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Well for one thing, Matt Drudge would be very, very sad.
""What happens if swine flu goes away?"
WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) - With Mexico saying the worst may be over and the new H1N1 virus starting to look more like a seasonal flu strain in the United States and elsewhere, critics are going to start asking if public health officials overreacted to the outbreak.
Actually, I thought the reaction of public health officials was for the most part, fine. It was the media who overreacted, especially the likes of Drudge (who, in fairness, did link to this article) with 10 screaming headlines a day. I do think one public official who overreacted was Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell, the Matt Drudge of governors, who personally held a news conference to announce the first case in Pennshylvania, a fairly innocuous affair. The news could have been announced in a press release; Rendell's involvement ensured greater news coverage, which in my opinion ensured greater overreaction.
But this isn't exactly a governor who shuns the spotlight, is it?
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Watch this hand! In the mean time they are doing us in while we are distracted.— georgel- Comment removed.
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Can't forget about Joe Biden trying his best to single-handedly end commerce in the United States. Good thing everybody in this country knows not to listen to that doosh. Can't wait to hear what moronic thoughts he has next time Obama lets him out of the basement to speak in November.— Mr. Smith
A(H1N1), as they call it, was overhyped in the beginning when some 150 or so deaths in Mexico were attributed to the flu, although later it appeared that only 20% of those could definitely be attributed to "swine flu." Also people confuse "pandemic," meaning spreading widely through several continents, with words like"deadly" or "fatal." It would have been good if the media had been more careful about pointing out the distinctions. Also it would be good if "The Genius," (aka the idiot) would recognize that Bush never walked into the middle of a press conference, which caused the press to rise. I am sure they would have stood for Bush in the same circumstance. And by far the largest part of that $94.2 billion, nearly 90% of it, was the direct result of the Bush administration failing to budget for the two occupations. Had a Republic been president, at least as much would have been needed and probably more since the Republic candidate for president did not originally want to wind down the war, although he has come around since.- Comment removed.
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Say, bryanc - weren't you one of the chicken-littles whining about how Obama was "tanking" the stock market? If so, maybe you should consider laying a little low with the whole economic analysis posts? Checked out the indexes lately?— Talking point sleuth- Hey Will, where'd you get that picture of sloboat, Xi Jah, and batboy?— Talking point sleuth
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