President Obama on Swine Flu Outbreak

Posted on May 2, 2009 by billmanzi

The President talks about the government response to the outbreak of swine flu. He is eager to be out ahead of this, and it appears to me that he is. Government response to emergency is reflective of its core competence, and has nothing to do with ideology. This flu may put the President to the test.

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8 Responses to President Obama on Swine Flu Outbreak

  1. Jim says:
    May 2, 2009 at 4:21 am

    Much ado about nothing. Remember when mosquito borne West Nile was to be a threat? Avian flu? Now swine flu?

    I agree it’s best to be prepared, but in my opionion, this latest ‘threat’ is being completely blown out of the water and is media hype driven solely by their own erroneous and/or incomplete information.

    Who would ever have expected Ron Paul as the voice of reason:

    http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7471311

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  2. Jules Gordon says:
    May 2, 2009 at 5:23 am

    Your Honor,
    Nice talk. I challenge your “out in front” comments as anyone who follows news already knows all this.

    I also challenge your “out in front” comment, because if he were he would have gagged Joe Biden.

    Jules

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  3. Jules Gordon says:
    May 2, 2009 at 7:17 am

    Your Honor,

    I owe you an apology. There was some one way “out in front” of this and the president did compliment him. It was the laying in of medication in 2005 by George W. Bush, former federal employee referred too by our magnanimous President as the ‘former administration.’

    I love your softball entries. I was looking for the Airforce 1 fly over story, or the great press conference extravaganza, or even the Joe Biden medical minute.

    Jules

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  4. ben nevis says:
    May 3, 2009 at 9:58 am

    Mr. Mayor, (cough, cough) it is more PC to refer to “this flu” as H1N1. B.O.’s recent trip to Mexico has put him to the test and he showed a FALSE (cough)POSITIVE. Please excuse me while I wash my hands and then I’ll call in “sick”. Oops I forgot, I’ve been laid-off.

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  5. Gerard Donahue says:
    May 4, 2009 at 1:45 am

    http://www.gop.gov/media/weekly-republican-address/09/05/02/5209-weekly-republican-address

    The above is the Republican Response to the Presidents Weekly Address. This is given by Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins R – KS

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  6. Fred Mertz says:
    May 4, 2009 at 2:30 pm

    Thing is, you never really know how deadly it is until it has spread, and then, it’s too late.

    In 1918-1920, the flu strain that went around the world killed between 70 and 100 million people.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic

    The avian flu that ran through Asia a few years ago in 2005 was apparently harder to catch, but fairly deadly: 9% of those infected died. From the front lines …

    http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v435/n7041/full/435400a.html

    Bottom line: I’ll keep washing my hands and staying off airplanes for the next few weeks, thanks.

    -FM

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  7. ben nevis says:
    May 5, 2009 at 6:32 am

    Well Fred I guess you’re a disciple of Joe “Hair Plugs” Biden. In a world with a population approaching seven billion souls, these viruses may be God’s way of “thinning the herd.”
    If you’re going to avoid airplanes you should also avoid other modes of public transportation, elevators,taxis etc..
    And don’t forget too pull on latex gloves.
    Myself, I’m more worried about being turned into a pile of cinders by some rogue state with state with nuclear weapons than what nature can launch against humankind.

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  8. Fred Mertz says:
    May 5, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    Ben:

    Yep. Guess everyone’s gotta die sometime.

    -FM

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