Only 1,000 adults and children have died in America from H1N1 since April that's 6 months. Yet, the CDC reports that 36,171 or more people die from the REGULAR FLU every year in the United States!!! Ask yourselves why DECLARE a NATIONAL EMERGENCY???
The US Census reports that there are 307 MILLION American citizens. Now do the math... 1,000 have died from H1N1 and Obama declares a national emergency!?!? Why is it that President Obama can RUSH to make this critical decision and is so UNABLE to DECIDE whether or not to send military troops to Afghanistan??? The WAR that he in FACT escalated and said needed to be won. The military commander he chose is practically begging him for an additional 40,000 troops and President Obama sits on his hands and grins! Meanwhile, our troops are being KILLED in battle as President Obama continues campaigning across the United States. Let's get real here, we've had more U.S. military troops DIE in Afghanistan than U.S. citizens die from H1N1. Furthermore, even more people are KILLED by GANGS/THUGS/DRUG DEALERS across America every year! Why hasn't President Obama declared that a national emergency?
Washington Post
President Obama declares H1N1 flu a national emergency
written by Michael D. Shear and Rob Stein
Saturday, October 24, 2009; 12:58 PM
President Obama Saturday declared the H1N1 flu a national emergency, clearing the way for legal waivers to allow hospitals and doctors offices to better handle a surge of new patients.
The proclamation will grant Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius the power to authorize the waivers as individual medical facilities request them, officials said.
It says that Obama does "hereby find and proclaim that, given that the rapid increase in illness across the Nation may overburden health care resources and that the temporary waiver of certain standard Federal requirements may be warranted in order to enable U.S. health care facilities to implement emergency operations plans, the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic in the United States constitutes a national emergency."
White House officials downplayed the dramatic-sounding language, saying the president's action was not prompted by a new assessment of the dangers posed to the public by the flu.
Instead, officials said the action provides greater flexibility for hospitals which may suddenly find themselves confronted with a surge of new patients as the virus sweeps through their communities.
"The H1N1 is moving rapidly, as expected. By the time regions or healthcare systems recognize they are becoming overburdened, they need to implement disaster plans quickly," White House spokesman Reid Cherlin said Saturday.
If GRANTED A WAIVER, hospitals would be FREED from some regulations that guide their behavior during normal day-to-day operations. Cherlin provided the following example:
"Requirements under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act would prohibit hospitals from certain rapid triage or sorting activities and prevent the establishment of off-site, alternate care facilities that could off-load emergency department demand," he said.
Public health experts praised the move, saying it was an important precautionary step that could help hospitals and other first responders care for large numbers of sick people as the outbreak continues.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday that the flu was spreading widely in at least 46 states and had already hospitalized at least 20,000 Americans. More than 1,000 confirmed deaths have occurred due to the virus and more than 2,400 additional deaths that were likely associated with it, officials said.
Although officials had hoped at least 40 million doses of vaccine would be available by this time, production problems have delayed the federal government's massive inoculation campaign. Only about 16 million doses have become available so far.
2 comments:
The reason a national emergency has been declared is threefold: Legally clearing a way for states to receive federal funding for resources to combat the outbreak and the likelihood that one in three is expected to be exposed to the swine flu. While the outbreak is beginning and has had a slow ramp-up, it is expected to bloom in cold winter months. Swine flu is considerably more deadly than regular flu and six times more deadly to pregnant women. Because the flu vaccine is entirely successful in preventing illness, it's imperative that people with weak health receive vaccines. Hope this helps!
- Jerr
Thanks Jerr for you input. However, the H1N1 vaccine has been reported that it "may" work. And apparently it requires two doses (injections) of a vaccine that "may". That is the key word that many have overlooked and not reported as frequently.
This H1N1 is NOT a natural borne contagion. It is a coctail of four (4) different virus strains. It is man-made. Our government only has 16 million doses of this so-called H1N1 vaccine available. Imagine that. Here they are scaring the crap out of everybody and they only have a fraction of this vaccine available. There are an estimated 307 MILLION Americans.
Can you see my point about the hysteria they are provoking.
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