Swine Flu, GOP Panic, Flip Flop

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So we might have a pandemic of swine flu in our future? Rick Perry, who has decried help from Washington, is now wetting his pants and begging for help from. . . Washington. Meanwhile, who gutted the pandemic preparedness money from the Obama stimulus package? the GOP, led by Rove. But Rush Limbaugh is still a swine.

http://allspinzone.com/wp/2009/04/26/swine-flu-gop-panic-flip-flop/

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1. They can suck on teabags

greedy goopers

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2. won't cure the swine flu either

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3. Get this... GOP sought to cut $870M from stimulus for pandemic flue prep...

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/430261?rel=hp_picks

When House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who has long championed investment in pandemic preparation, included roughly $900 million for that purpose in this year's emergency stimulus bill, he was ridiculed by conservative operatives and congressional Republicans.

Obey and other advocates for the spending argued, correctly, that a pandemic hitting in the midst of an economic downturn could turn a recession into something far worse -- with workers ordered to remain in their homes, workplaces shuttered to avoid the spread of disease, transportation systems grinding to a halt and demand for emergency services and public health interventions skyrocketing. Indeed, they suggested, pandemic preparation was essential to any responsible plan for renewing the U.S. economy.

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4. Wow.

Great article. Should have it's own op imo.

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5. Republicans already spent over $7 Billion for flu preparation.

Roche Madison is in that city following Hoffman-La Roche Inc.'s acquisition last year of Mirus Bio Corp., a privately held Madison biotech company, for about $125 million.

http://www.jsonline.com/newswatch/43538887.html

Roche is the maker of Tamaflu moved part of the buiness to Wisconsin, Bush and the Republicans already spent over $7 Billion for flu preparation.

Bush details new $7.1 billion plan for flu preparation Published: Tuesday, November 1, 2005

Updated: Friday, January 9, 2009


WASHINGTON - President Bush outlined a $7.1 billion strategy Tuesday to prepare for the danger of a pandemic influenza outbreak, saying he wanted to stockpile enough vaccine to protect 20 million Americans against the current strain of bird flu as a first wave of protection.

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/world-nation/bush-details-new-7-1-billion-plan-for-flu-preparation-1.973933

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6. That's good to know...

Thanks,

I gather the stimulus program asked for $870M on top of that to consider distribution and other unigue issues vis-a-vis the current economic crisis.

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7. Did that work well?

Seriously, did the Bush investment in pandemic prevention work?

Thankfully, then, we don't have to worry about any old swine flu. Limbaugh, at least, is safe, I hear.