Swine Flu

Closing boarders does very little in this day and age. Due to air travel, airborne viruses cannot be contained by border closings. It is an ineffective tactic against airborne viruses which is why the WHO stated their recommendation against this practice.

fyi--I am both a physician and an epidemiologist...

Closing boarders does very little in this day and age. Due to air travel, airborne viruses cannot be contained by border closings. It is an ineffective tactic against airborne viruses which is why the WHO stated their recommendation against this practice.

fyi--I am both a physician and an epidemiologist...

Yeah but you probably voted for Obama so your opinion is clearly politically influenced

I say we just ignore firstdown's Obama comment and just move on with the discussion.

I say we let people make up their own minds about what comments they want to ignore or not ignore.

I say we let people make up their own minds about what comments they want to ignore or not ignore.

I'm going to ignore that :)

So why haven't we shut down the border? We've confirmed it is from Mexico.

There's either something fishy going on or some major incompetence. Of course, if it's Napolitano's call...no real surprise.

We also do not have a DHS Secretary after 3+ months. Why not? Sure, Daschle was exposed to be a criminal, but why are we leaving this and so many other important Cabinet posts vacant so long?

Yeah but you probably voted for Obama so your opinion is clearly politically influenced
Well played sir...

I found it interesting that the Republican governor of Texas threw out the idea of secession recently but has now asked the Feds for 35,000 vials of Tamiflu...

So why haven't we shut down the border? We've confirmed it is from Mexico.

There's either something fishy going on or some major incompetence. Of course, if it's Napolitano's call...no real surprise.

We also do not have a DHS Secretary after 3+ months. Why not? Sure, Daschle was exposed to be a criminal, but why are we leaving this and so many other important Cabinet posts vacant so long?

We don't have a DHS (or DHHS) Secretary? Someone should tell Kathleen Sebelius.

As to why we haven't shut down the border...if only there were a doctor, perhaps an epidemiologist, on this board who could give a reason. If only...

We don't have a DHS (or DHHS) Secretary? Someone should tell Kathleen Sebelius.

lol

:doh:

So why haven't we shut down the border? We've confirmed it is from Mexico.

There's either something fishy going on or some major incompetence. Of course, if it's Napolitano's call...no real surprise.

We also do not have a DHS Secretary after 3+ months. Why not? Sure, Daschle was exposed to be a criminal, but why are we leaving this and so many other important Cabinet posts vacant so long?

See my earlier post as to why border closings will not work in this situation.

An important thing to remember for everyone is that this particular strain of influenza is susceptible to two available drugs on the market: Tamiflu and Relenza. These deaths in Mexico are probably multifactorial-- but I imagine access to these two drugs was not available in most cases.

See my earlier post as to why border closings will not work in this situation.

An important thing to remember for everyone is that this particular strain of influenza is susceptible to two available drugs on the market: Tamiflu and Relenza. These deaths in Mexico are probably multifactorial-- but I imagine access to these two drugs was not available in most cases.Should I stop sharing my bed with my pet potbelly pig Edgar?