Comments on: Health Expert: Closing Borders Won’t Stop Swine Flu, But Could Undermine Treatment

By: chris

chris — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:37:08 +0000

and kick all the H-1B visa holders to the curb as well !

By: chris

chris — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:37:08 +0000

and kick all the H-1B visa holders to the curb as well !

By: 24AheadDotCom

24AheadDotCom — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:20:30 +0000

If Daphne Eviatar weren't a complete hack she would have done a few things:
1. Does the UM have a financial stake in this matter in some way, such as funding from pharma companies?
2. Could we buy ventilators from other countries?
3. How many trucks with ventilators cross the border, and aren't their shipments transferred to U.S. truckers near the border?
4.Is he actually saying that reducing the number of infected people in the U.S. wouldn't make a difference about how widespread it becomes? Is he serious?

By: Libonatig

Libonatig — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:27:56 +0000

I know how to make circuits —I'm looking for work — I'll take that job.
US Cititzen

By: Pissed in Texas

Pissed in Texas — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:03:21 +0000

This is such liberal yuppie bullsh*t. Close the border, order the circuits from a different country or make them here. No one infected should be allowed to enter the country and questioning people at the border clearly does not work–if it did we wouldn't have an immigration problem or a drug problem. As for the students who brought this swine flu into the country because they went to Mexico for Spring Break–insolate them. The only way to stop an outbreak is containment–letting people enter the US will only allow it to spread here. It seems smart that terrorist would begin an outbreak in a neighboring country with little homeland defense and several officials that are EASILY bribed, knowing the weak, liberal and naive administration here. They won't close the border until half of the southern states die from Swine flu. I wouldn't be surprised if President Obama backed another “spending- stimulus” plan to help our neighboring country. What did President Obama's Ivy league education teach him?

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:26:03 +0000

Ok, closing the border would be tough. How about this, Don't allow Mexican citizens with severe cases to be treated in US hospitals, like the case in Houston? Mexico has hospitals, you think if a US citizen, or god forbid, a Guatemalan, crossed the border near death to get treated in Mexico they'd be happy, I think not. Then there's the old canard; “One of largest producers of circuits in the world is in Mexico,” said Osterholm. “So if we suddenly shut down the border we’d limit how many ventilators we could provide.” Oh yeah, these circuits can ONLY be made in the epicenter of high-technology, Mexico. Please, I'll bet a first year US grad student could produce them in a week, give me a break.