putting 2 and 2 together...

[phantom power]

I've been thinking about the reasonable possibility of an avian flu pandemic next season, and putting that together with BushCo's handling of New Orleans.

With respect to the N.O. disaster, we have seen that they had plenty of resources to rescue people, but they handled the situation with such incompetence that those resources were never actually put to use. We also know that they had plenty of warning that this disaster was more or less inevitable: only a question of when, not if.

Now, plug that same kind of negligent mentality and phenomenal incompetence into the avian flu threat, and we see that (a) it's quite likely that BushCo will not take any reasonable precautions to prevent a pandemic, and (b) when it happens, nobody will be helped, even if we do happen to have resources available. For instance, we know that there is some avian flu vaccine available. Maybe even enough to head off a major epidemic, if used promptly and judiciously. But what are the odds that anything will be managed promptly or judiciously? Based on N.O., I'd say the odds are slim or none.

And, of course, the same logic all applies to any future terrorist attacks, or future natural disasters.

[MuseRider]

1. One thing you can count on

is that they will have the arenas open to quarantine us all. I think I will pass. That arena business makes me very nervous with these guys in charge.

[MuseRider]

2. Dupe sorry

[bonito]

3. Check into ionic silver n/t

[Firenze777]

4. from what i have read

the U.S. is already years behind on this....England, Canada and others have placed large orders for the vaccine, and we haven't ordered any. Production is limited to some Scandinavian country, I think. England has been casing sites they can use as major disaster morgues. I understand that Tamiflu might help, they aren't sure...but I don't have any medical connections to get some for me and my family. Frankly, I'm not sure I want to stay around to witness millions wiped out.