this is a true damned if you do, damned if you don't.
if the flu doesn't sweep over the world's population, the health professionals at the cdc and dhs look like they overreacted on a mammoth scale.
if however this strain of the flu does sweep over the world's population, causing at the least illness for many and at the worst deaths by the thousands, and the health professionals didn't act such as they have, they look like incompetant idiots for not recognizing the problem and acting speedily.
sure it looks like a huge overreaction. shutting down fwisd? well, the kids sure appreciate it. calling off uil competition? craziness!
erring on the side of caution.
those who look back at 1976 as an example of overreaction are as incorrect in the analogy as those who attempt to use the 1918 pandemic as an example of why we should act.
one thing is for certain: the influenza virus is as bizarre as it comes. it mutates every year, and goes thru a major mutation on an apparently 10 year cycle. one mean mofo, that's for sure....
and btw ron paul is an elitist sob.
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