Use army for bird flu: Bush., page 1

October 05, 2005

US President George W Bush has suggested using the military to contain any epidemic of avian flu, saying the US Congress needs to consider the possibility.

He said the military, perhaps the National Guard, might be needed to enforce quarantines if the feared H5N1 bird flu virus changes enough to cause widespread human infection.
"If we had an outbreak somewhere in the United States, do we not then quarantine that part of the country? And how do you, then, enforce a quarantine?" Mr Bush asked.

"It's one thing to shut down airplanes. It's another thing to prevent people from coming in to get exposed to the avian flu. And who best to be able to effect a quarantine?" Mr Bush said.

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I'm looking for a full transcript.

Sanc'.

Bush proposes using military in bird flu pandemic

He noted that some governors may object to the federal government commandeering the National Guard, which is under state command in most circumstances.

"But Congress needs to take a look at circumstances that may need to vest the capacity of the president to move beyond that debate. And one such catastrophe or one such challenge could be an avian flu outbreak," Bush said.

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He noted that some governors may object to the federal government commandeering the National Guard, which is under state command in most circumstances.

How exactly does this 'red tape' work?

[edit on 4-10-2005 by sanctum]

Originally posted by sanctum
October 05, 2005

US President George W Bush has suggested using the military to contain any epidemic of avian flu, saying the US Congress needs to consider the possibility.

He said the military, perhaps the National Guard, might be needed to enforce quarantines if the feared H5N1 bird flu virus changes enough to cause widespread human infection.
"If we had an outbreak somewhere in the United States, do we not then quarantine that part of the country? And how do you, then, enforce a quarantine?" Mr Bush asked.

Go to foxnews.com and click on press conference, it is a video, but a source.

"It's one thing to shut down airplanes. It's another thing to prevent people from coming in to get exposed to the avian flu. And who best to be able to effect a quarantine?" Mr Bush said.

Article

I'm looking for a full transcript.

Sanc'.

WTF is the army going to do wrt bird flu?? Force people to wash their hands? Shoot anyone on the street with the sniffles? Or are they going to be bringing along their dogs and doing a lot of this:


Seriously, what the heck is the federal military supposed to be doing in the event of an outbreak of avian flu? How is giving central control of the national guard going to stop it?

This is more stupidity of the highest sort. In a global pandemic, we'd need to have factories within the US to create the flu medications, and labs to work on the vaccinations. Oh, wait, we've slashed the basic science budget, and have a president who thinks that the big scientific issue is whether we're related to monkeys or not! Thats why if there's an epidemic millions more are going to die than need to. I'd bet that he wouldn't think that anti-viral medications and the evolution of the flu virus is 'just a theory' then eh?

Honestly, this is insance. This guy is talking about seizing control of the military? TO FIGHT A VIRUS!!!????


This is as good a time as any to reiterate these papers:
www.foreignaffairs.org...

www.foreignaffairs.org...

www.foreignaffairs.org...

www.nature.com...

www.nature.com...


And lots of others along with an interview with one of the people who's working on this here
www.abovetopsecret.com...



[edit on 4-10-2005 by Nygdan]

[edit on 4-10-2005 by Nygdan]

Ok sorry to have to close one of these but as this one was posted just after www.abovetopsecret.com...

I will have to close this,

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