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    How is the W.H. handling H1N1?
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    “The public can't be urged to join together, hold hands, and solve the flu problem; in fact we're not supposed to touch each other's hands at all or we'll catch the flu.” "The administration’s response to the flu epidemic reminds me of Kevin Bacon’s character at the end of the movie ‘Animal House’" said Thomas Whalen, a Boston University Professor of Social Science. Full Article at The Politico
    The administration’s response to the flu epidemic reminds me of Kevin Bacon’s character at the end of the movie ‘Animal House’
    SOURCE: The Politico 3 weeks ago
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How is the W.H. handling H1N1?
  1. And to explain that the administration's power to act is limited further depletes its power, while making citizens feel more vulnerable. This is not an issue that plays to Obama's strengths
    SOURCE: The Politico 3 weeks ago
  2. According to the polls, the public remains patient, and despite headlines to the contrary, continues with confidence in the Obama administration to handle this
    SOURCE: The Politico 3 weeks ago
  3. He tells a riotous mob to remain calm, that ‘all is well.’ Well, we all know what happened to him afterward. He was literally crushed by the weight of events. The Obama administration runs a similar political risk here
    SOURCE: The Politico 3 weeks ago
  4. To have to backpedal on numbers and delivery dates while declaring an emergency undermines credibility
    SOURCE: The Politico 3 weeks ago
  5. If President Obama has Gerald Ford's luck he will avoid political retribution despite the continuing vaccine delay missteps ... In the great swine flu scare of 1976, Gerald Ford was saved from real embarrassment, despite faulty execution, because there was no epidemic - in fact there were few cases at a...
    SOURCE: The Politico 3 weeks ago
  6. It is inevitable that Washington will politicize a public health event, and it’s been a remarkable thing that folks (the public, the press, and the politicians) have been as patient as they have been
    SOURCE: The Politico 3 weeks ago
  7. The public can't be urged to join together, hold hands, and solve the flu problem; in fact we're not supposed to touch each other's hands at all or we'll catch the flu.
    SOURCE: The Politico 3 weeks ago
  8. A mother’s angst is nothing to fool with
    SOURCE: The Politico 3 weeks ago
  9. I’ll set aside ‘if this had been the Bush administration...,’ because, well, I think we all know the answer
    Dana Perino – Dana Perino SOURCE: The Politico 3 weeks ago

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