Saturday, August 15, 2009

Swine Flu Preparation for Militarization

The growing militarization of the preparations for the outbreak of swine flu will proceed quickly and without much public debate, despite the relatively mild nature of the disease so far, and the fact that many experts believe that terrorism is overblown.

Earlier this week, Republican Representative Paul Broun Georgia warned of a town hall meeting that "the socialist elite" may be preparing to declare martial law in the United States use of pandemic diseases, such as the reason. "They are trying to create an environment where they can take," said participants according to an article in the Athens Banner-Herald. "We have seen history."

National guardsmen will have the role of panicked military and police training and what they want to do, as well as using natural gas, where the riots, "said a newspaper article entitled" National Guard Mag drilling in universities prepare for possible riots H1N1. "The story of the popular local law enforcement becomes involved.

All this despite the fact that the Maine Center for Disease Control reported only one death tied to swine flu, and people actually died from "complex, the basic conditions H1N1" according to Dr. Dora Mills, director of the Center.

"This is part of the transfer of matter from point A to point B," the director assured Oxford County Emergency Management Agency, Scott Parker. He said that the Sun Journal that the plan was introduced, only "if necessary."

It concerns the fear and confusion was raised during a meeting in April, so the governor and adjutant general in the Maine National Guard has decided to develop a plan so that the military police.

But if the state police from the military preparations were not bad enough, the federal government now wants to seize state power for home use in order pentagon. Although at least the states are fighting back on this issue.

National Governors Association wrote a letter to the Defense Department last week criticized a proposal to take control of their National Guard units of domestic disasters. "The strong potential for the existing confusion in the mission and the implementation of the dilution governors' control in situations where they are known, and better than holding a federal military commander," he says in the letter.

But still retains control of National Guard soldiers preparing to deal with the swine flu, the federal government increasingly militarized "emergency preparation" for the virus is rapidly developing and largely under the radar. Just last month CNN and Fox News Online reported that the U.S. military is drawing up plans to deal with the extension of swine flu. Pentagon is preparing to soldiers available, if necessary, assistance to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to address the potential outbreak of H1N1 virus, "according to Fox News on July 29 article entitled" Military ready to help FEMA Battle outbreak of swine flu. "

And in the last year, reports began to surface the federal troops that were preparing for the "homeland defense" mission and will operate on U.S. soil - in what appears to violate the group Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of military force in the local law enforcement.

"You can be called to help in civil unrest and crowd control," Army Times 2008 article entitled "Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1 Soldiers will be responsible for it wishes to know how to set up road blocks and the use of "nonlethal" weapons usually reserved for war-zone subdue Americans.

In addition to the recently resurrected Obama administration, which is strongly criticized the Bush-season plan "update" the quarantine regulations, while the U.S. Army advertises for employment "internment / resettlement specialists" on its website.

Federal government health authorities are working quarantine centers from Anchorage to Miami, and in 2005 George W. Bush has exercised executive, adding that the flu is "potential" to create a pandemic to the list of quarantinable diseases. Military may be used to enforce the quarantine? It seems increasingly possible, if you come.

This is all happening at a time when many experts warned that concerns about the swine-influenza virus has been blown out of proportion. In many areas of disease, although absorb. "We can see something is wrong," said former Ontario chief surgeon, Dr. Richard Schabas. "We can not expect that it's as bad as flu in 2003 in the Fujian strain."

He noted that a pandemic is expected to kill thousand in Canada, but now the swine flu requested 66 lives there. "Tell me how overblown that. ... Our products must always suggest the possibility of not only the definition, but a sense of probability."

The England doctor, Liam Donaldson, recently announced plans to scale back the national pandemic flu from the service about 1,600 call-center workers with less than 600 the number of continuous decline. Warned of the potential for "second wave", but now the pain is less severe than even regular seasonal flu.

Australian National University microbiologist Peter Collignon ABC News said that the H1N1 virus is not worse than the annual flu strains. "My main interest in what is happening, the fear of proportion to what the data shows," he says and adds that using the word "pandemic" is not making any need for concern.

But here in the U.S., emergency preparations continue to expand the power of the federal government. There was a discussion of mandatory vaccination. A control so-called "executive orders" issued in the past, presidents continue under Obama shows that the executive claims sweeping "emergency" powers to address concerns about health.

If Americans start demanding some accountability and transparency, the trend toward larger and more aggressive government is likely to continue. This time the excuse is going on in the swine flu, but always a "crisis" not "wasted", as Obama Chief of Staff to Rahm Emanuel.

Currently, preparations to deal with influenza fever is not only unconstitutional, they are probably much more dangerous than the virus itself. It is time for Americans to take personal responsibility for their health and their government and say enough is enough

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