Swine Flu Debate: Would YOU Travel?
The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the swine flu a pandemic. That’s technical speak for not good. More American states are repo
rting cases daily.
Not surprisingly, Vice President Joe Biden, who never wore a shoe he didn’t like to eat, went on television and explained that the policy for his family is quite different than the ones put in place by the White House. While politicians regularly fail to live according to the rules they create, it’s not everyday one of these knuckleheads openly admits their double standards.
Biden says his family shouldn’t put themselves into confined spaces including airplanes and subways. Not that the VP would want to scare people or anything. I have a question for Mr. Biden. Are you dumb in any other areas? There’s also the irony that Biden spent half the campaign railing about how he would always take the subway home to be with his kids at night.
My family has been planning a trip this month. On a plane. According to the VP, traveling to work just became dangerous for millions of urban commuters. Should I fly? Should you?
Let’s hear what you have to say on this topic. Will you travel on planes and subway trains during the scare? What about sporting events, movie theaters, or churches? Still eating bacon? Where do you draw the line?
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They are saying now that this particular strain of flu may be even less dangerous than the normal flu we get every year. keep it in perspective. 20% of our population gets the flu each year and around 35,000 people die from it. that never makes headlines and the news never gives it exclusive coverage for hours on end each day.
i had sausage yesterday. and if i had a trip planned already i would travel.
Thanks Infidel. So far so good. Now I hope no one comes along to scare me again. Like Joe Biden.
The first phase of a pandemic is usually much milder than the second. It’s too early to tell what kind of impact this virus will have, my guess is that it will result in hundreds of thousands of deaths.
That being said, it’s true that social distancing is useful for helping contain the spread of the virus. If I had a motorcade, I wouldn’t be taking the subway either. But I do LOVE bacon! I can’t believe they are killing so many pigs in Egypt. Now that’s ridiculous.
Okay plague girl, now I’m back on lockdown. I’ll wait for more folks to check in before I start buying saran wrap and duct tape. Thanks for commenting