I am really curious as to why the Obama administration is keeping our borders open during this Swine Flu Phase 5 Pandemic Alert. Their rational is the virus has already spread across the border, so it won’t make any difference at this point. I highly disagree. Why wouldn’t we want to stop hundreds or thousands [...]
The White House has issued a health advisory outlining “protective measures” for anyone who traveled on President Barack Obama’s trip to Mexico after a member of the U.S. delegation came down with flu-like symptoms – and tests on his family showed they’re probably infected with the swine flu.
The individual – an advance security staffer for [...]
President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that the first U.S. death from a new strain of swine flu showed it was time to take “utmost precautions” against its possible spread. “We are closely and continuously monitoring the emergent cases of this virus throughout the United States,” Obama said in remarks at the White House before [...]
Reuters is reporting that Richard Besser, acting Director of the CDC, has confirmed the first fatal case of Swine Flu in the US. It is a 23 month old child that died in Texas. No further details are available at this time.
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Congress will hold an emergency hearing on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the Swine Flu outbreak and the public health response to it. Janet Napolitano will be testifying before a Senate panel on Wednesday and a day later other officials are set to brief a House subcommittee on the risks of the Flu spreading.
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