The reason the swine flu is so deadly is because it mutated from an animal-borne virus. So we puny humans don't have the same built-in defenses to it that we would to a normal strain of the flu.

I've said this before, but I don't think the response has been overblown. The problem with a disease outbreak is that once it becomes widespread (i.e. a pandemic), it's too late to do anything about it. Your best hope is to isolate it at the very start, so it never reaches that point.

Bruce, Obama said last night that it's already here so it's a case of closing the barn door after the cows are gone.

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I don't get that at all. Sure, some infected people already have entered the country. But do we really want more flu carriers coming in?

It's like the old saying about, "The first rule of getting out of a hole is to stop digging."

Well, looks like Miss California is now out on the trail campaiging against gay marriage: link

While she has a right to her opinion, it's getting tiresome that she's being portrayed as someone who had a grave injustice done to her.  She's a beauty pageant contestant, not exactly a high contributor to society.  While the question shouldn't have been asked, who really takes pageant contestants seriously?  It's not as if the past claims of "I want to help bring world peace" have actually done much of anything.  Though the past Miss America who helped against child predators, she was noteworthy.  Not Miss California though, in my opinion.

*edited for spelling error.