Rapaire I too wish to guard against misinformation but this combinant strain of swine flu is not the 1917 variety period.

THis flu has 4 distinct markers. Contrary to a rumor it is not respondsive to Tamiflu and (Reseveer the other one) IT IS RESPONDSIVE despite the fact that one segment of the viral RNA was known to be resistant.

*If you are saying this is the Spanish flu, it is not. But I may have misunderstood your comment.*

What is not true is that the EU has declared that travel to the US is not reccomended, it was just loose talk by one official.


Also while it is swinish to put a partisan spin on a pandemic I do float certain possibilities and speculative scenarios which will probably be discussed in the future by all sorts of groups. It does not mean that this is an intentional act but that the question remains unanswered.

The political cost to Obama will be a wash. Since Daschel's limo tax scandal the HHS position is in the temporary hands of two people, one of which is a very respondsible woman and the other is a Bush appointee. The CDC also needs a permanent chief.