Obama Declares Swine Flu Emergency

[honeykeeper]

Here we go folks!
It's going to be very interesting to see what additional powers are granted by this "state of national emergency".
The next thing to follow my be a declaration of "martial law" and forced vaccinations due to people refusing to take the toxin they wish to inject into their bloodstream.

Obama declares swine flu a national emergency - Yahoo! News

Obama declares swine flu a national emergency
By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 1 min ago
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients.
The declaration, signed Friday night and announced Saturday, comes with the disease more prevalent than ever in the country and production delays undercutting the government's initial, optimistic estimates that as many as 120 million doses of the vaccine could be available by mid-October.
Health authorities say more than 1,000 people in the United States, including almost 100 children, have died from the flu, known as H1N1, and 46 states have widespread flu activity. So far only 11 million doses have gone out to health departments, doctor's offices and other providers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials.
Administration officials said the declaration was a pre-emptive move designed to make decisions easier when they need to be made. Officials said the move was not in response to any single development.
Health and Human Services chief Kathleen Sebelius now has authority to bypass federal rules when opening alternative care sites, such as offsite hospital centers at schools or community centers if hospitals seek permission.
Some hospitals have opened drive-thrus and drive-up tent clinics to screen and treat swine flu patients. The idea is to keep infectious people out of regular emergency rooms and away from other sick patients.
Hospitals could modify patient rules — for example, requiring them to give less information during a hectic time — to quicken access to treatment, with government approval, under the declaration.
It also addresses a financial question for hospitals — reimbursement for treating people at sites not typically approved. For instance, federal rules do not allow hospitals to put up treatment tents more than 200 yard away from the doors; if the tents are 300 yards or more away, typically federal dollars won't go to pay for treatment.
Administration officials said those rules might not make sense while fighting the swine flu, especially if the best piece of pavement is in the middle of a parking lot and some medical centers already are putting in place parts of their emergency plans.
The national emergency declaration was the second of two steps needed to give Sebelius extraordinary powers during a crisis.
On April 26, the administration declared swine flu a public health emergency, allowing the shipment of roughly 12 million doses of flu-fighting medications from a federal stockpile to states in case they eventually needed them. At the time, there were 20 confirmed cases in the U.S. of people recovering easily. There was no vaccine against swine flu, but the CDC had taken the initial step necessary for producing one.
"As a nation, we have prepared at all levels of government, and as individuals and communities, taking unprecedented steps to counter the emerging pandemic," Obama wrote in Saturday's declaration.
He said the pandemic keeps evolving, the rates of illness are rising rapidly in many areas and there's a potential "to overburden health care resources."
The government now hopes to have about 50 million doses of swine flu vaccine out by mid-November and 150 million in December. The flu virus has to be grown in chicken eggs, and the yield hasn't been as high as was initially hoped, officials have said.
"Many millions" of Americans have had swine flu so far, according to an estimate that CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden gave Friday. The government doesn't test everyone to confirm swine flu so it doesn't have an exact count. He also said there have been more than 20,000 hospitalizations.

Even FOX news is covering it:
Obama Declares H1N1 Flu 'National Emergency' - Political News - FOXNews.com

Obama Declares H1N1 Flu 'National Emergency'
The White House says the declaration allows medical treatment facilities to better handle a surge in flu patients by waiving federal requirements on a case-by-case basis.
Saturday, October 24, 2009

President Obama declared the H1N1 pandemic a national emergency Friday, allowing extra leeway to medical service centers in combating with the flu virus.
President Obama signed a proclamation declaring the H1N1 influenza a national emergency, giving doctors and medical facilities greater leeway in responding to the flu pandemic.

Obama signed the declaration late Friday, which the White House said allows medical treatment facilities to better handle a surge in flu patients by waiving federal requirements on a case-by-case basis.

"The foundation of our national approach to the H1N1 flu has been preparedness at all levels -- personal, business, and government -- and this proclamation helps that effort by advancing our overall response capability," the White House said in a statement.

In the proclamation, Obama said the pandemic keeps evolving, the rates of illness are rising rapidly in many areas and there's a potential "to overburden health care resources."

Because of vaccine production delays, the government has backed off initial, optimistic estimates that as many as 120 million doses would be available by mid-October. As of Wednesday, only 11 million doses had been shipped to health departments, doctor's offices and other providers, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The government now hopes to have about 50 million doses of vaccine for the so-called swine flu out by mid-November and 150 million in December.

The flu virus has to be grown in chicken eggs, and the yield hasn't been as high as was initially hoped, officials explained.

H1N1 is more widespread now than it's ever been. Health authorities say almost 100 children have died from the flu, and 46 states now have widespread flu activity.

Worldwide, more than 5,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday. Since most countries have stopped counting individual swine flu cases, the figure is considered an underestimate.

The flu has infected millions of Americans and killed nearly 100 children in the U.S. The chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that over a thousand people have died as a result, with 46 states reporting widespread H1N1 activity.

"Since the beginning of the pandemic, we've seen more than 1,000 deaths and 20,000 hospitalizations," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the CDC. "We expect it to occur in waves, but we can't predict when those waves will happen."

[helomech]

Me and my kids won't be getting the shot. My wife can make up her own mind, but has shown no interest in getting it. Our government can freak out over nothing, I am willing to bet more people died from peanuts, and Tylenol, than the swine flu.

[Kronos1965]

Many hospitals, service industry companies require the vaccines.

Declaring an emergency allows states to get more funds to address the health concern.

Good time to buy drug company stock...

[helomech]

Originally Posted by Kronos1965

Many hospitals, service industry companies require the vaccines.

Declaring an emergency allows states to get more funds to address the health concern.

Good time to buy drug company stock...

It just seems that everything is an emergency with this administration.

[Arachnid]

Originally Posted by helomech

It just seems that everything is an emergency with this administration.

Remember, it's a popularity contest........

[honeykeeper]

Originally Posted by helomech

It just seems that everything is an emergency with this administration.

and the vaccines are being manufactured "RUSH" with minimal testing if any. I hear there's 80-90 ingredients in the juice.

I've never had one and I'm not going to start now.

if FEMA and CDC enact their emergency plans... America is gonna burn by uncivil war... it's all coming together perhaps this is the pre-cursor to the October 24th-28th projected event?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeqjykY5wPk

[CBBob]

Never let an emergency go to waste.

[Dads_taxi]

Originally Posted by helomech

It just seems that everything is an emergency with this administration.

Obama needs an "emergency" in order to institute his socialist agenda. The media is in bed with him trying to pump up the panic.

If he has his way, we will be saying good bye to our freedoms and hello to government control.

[Warp09]

No way will I ever get this flu shot, or any other flu shot.

[bills1974]

No chance anyone in my family is getting the shot. Let's just keep letting the pharmaceutical companies rake in the dough...

People are friggin wusses, they're scared to get sick for a couple days and letting their body fight it off naturally. I understand worrying about very young children and the elderly, but give me a damn break with all these perfectly healthy adults running to get these damn shots...

[Warp09]

Originally Posted by bills1974

No chance anyone in my family is getting the shot. Let's just keep letting the pharmaceutical companies rake in the dough...

People are friggin wusses, they're scared to get sick for a couple days and letting their body fight it off naturally. I understand worrying about very young children and the elderly, but give me a damn break with all these perfectly healthy adults running to get these damn shots...

I completely agree with you. Isn't that the purpose of our immune system, to fight off these viruses and build antibodies so we won't get it again? lol

[bills1974]

Originally Posted by Warp09

I completely agree with you. Isn't that the purpose of our immune system, to fight off these viruses and build antibodies so we won't get it again? lol

Instead, lets vaccinate everyone so that the virus's morph to become stronger and thus we have to create stronger vaccines...the pharmaceutical companies are straight up raping right now.

Doctors don't even try to diagnose people anymore, they just prescribe antibiotics, it's absolutely ridiculous...

[Papa_D]

Originally Posted by bills1974

Instead, lets vaccinate everyone so that the virus's morph to become stronger and thus we have to create stronger vaccines...the pharmaceutical companies are straight up raping right now.

Doctors don't even try to diagnose people anymore, they just prescribe antibiotics, it's absolutely ridiculous...

Yeah, if they keep it up we will be dropping like flies from what would otherwise have been a fairly mild flu and if we want a look at our future, all we have to do is look at what the overuse of antibiotics has spawned.

MRSA infection - MayoClinic.com

If I were dropped into the U.S. of today from the mid 60's, I would look around and the first thing out of my mouth would be Holy Crap, what a bunch of stupid wussies Americans have turned into.

I mean really folks, we have far too many protections against illness and death these days and for all you Darwin fans, we are seriously F*cking with natural selection here because we have a drug for every illness and a safety feature for every conceivable danger and on top of that, many of these benefits are to keep the least intelligent among us alive and kicking, just so they can birth more idiots.

[Arachnid]

Originally Posted by bills1974

Instead, lets vaccinate everyone so that the virus's morph to become stronger and thus we have to create stronger vaccines...the pharmaceutical companies are straight up raping right now.

Doctors don't even try to diagnose people anymore, they just prescribe antibiotics, it's absolutely ridiculous...

Sounds like somebody had a bad day at Costco

[MSrockyblue]

They'll try to make it mandatory so they can give us the "chip" at the same time.