School is back in session, summer is coming to a close and flue season is attracting a little more attention than usual. H1N1, the Swine Flu virus is making an appearance in major news outlets today and yesterday.
Surprise surprise, Kathleen Sebelius' seems to be the virus' spokesman, saying closing schools is not an effective means of stopping the virus. On MSNBC, she said vaccination is the only way to go. If that name sounds familiar, it's because she's the Health and Human Services Spokesman, quoted as saying a public option was not essential to Obama's health care reform.
Does it put anyone else off that anyone trying to push for health care reform is now talking about a superflu? It rubs me the wrong way.
Fox news reported some numbers from the Obama administration this morning, saying up to 50% of the United States could be infected with Swine Flue this fall/winter, resulting in a heavy death toll for the young and the elderly.
Yesterday I talked about the effectiveness of scare tactics and subterfuge. Picture if you will a man in dark coat and glasses standing in front of a man strapped into a dentist's chair, holding a menacing looking drill labeled H1N1, saying, "Now, I believe we were talking about a Public Option".
I just came up with the political cartoon of the year right there.
So, what do you say? Am I just a paranoid weirdo to think the Obama Administration would publish somewhat alarmist information to get the public worried about health care?
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