Posted by
Roxanna M. on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 12:09:09 PM
In case you haven't heard, the swine flu has invaded America. As of this date, there have been some 550 deaths in America. Meanwhile, doctors and other health care providers are killing about 2,000 people a week. Of whom are you more afraid?
But I digress. A scientific advisory panel has just sent a report to the White House saying that it was possible that anywhere from 30% to 50% of the American population could catch swine flu, resulting in 30,000 to 90,000 deaths.
Let's see. The population is 300,000,000, which would mean a death rate of between .01% and .03%. Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said we won't see those kinds of numbers unless the virus mutates. In other words, 30,000 to 90,000 is high.
Nonetheless, states are already putting plans into effect. Iowa has drafted a pre-printed form that says: "The Iowa Department of Public Health has determined that you have had contact with a person with Novel Influenza A H1N1. The Department has determined that it is necessary to quarantine your movement to a specific facility to prevent further spread of the disease. The Department has determined that quarantine in your home and other less restrictive alternatives are not acceptable." So, your name goes on the form and away you go to some quarantine facility until The State decides that you can go home again.
The Massachusetts senate has passed "Pandemic Response Bill 2028" which states:
* the owner or occupier of any premises is required to permit entry into and investigation of the premises
* any building or facility can be closed or evacuated for decontamination, to be re-opened only when the "danger has passed"
* any material can be decontaminated or destroyed
* ingress to and egress from any stricken or threatened public area can be controlled, as can the movements of people within such areas
* in-state health care providers are required to assist in the performance of vaccination, treatment, examination, or testing of any individual as a condition of licensure, authorization, or the ability to continue to function as a health care provider in the state
* to collect and perform tests on any animal, dead or alive
All public health authorities will be required to keep records of the names and addresses of all people who have been reported, as well as the name of the person who reported them.
"Law enforcement authorities, upon order of the commissioner or his agent or at the request of a local public health authority pursuant to such order, shall assist emergency medical technicians or other appropriate medical personnel in the involuntary transportation of such person to the tuberculosis treatment center. No law enforcement authority or medical personnel shall be held criminally or civilly liable as a result of an act or omission carrried out in good faith in reliance on said order."
Failure to comply with an isolation or quarantine order in the event of a health emergency can result in imprisonment for up to 30 days and a $1,000 a day fine.
Let's recap. You can be whisked away to a quarantine facility on the "report" of somebody else. Your home can be entered and searched and materials destroyed. Your animals can be taken away from you. A police state is being set up because of a disease that might - might - kill between .01% and .03% of the population, but only if it mutates into something worse than it is now.
In the event all this comes to pass, I think it would be mighty interesting to know the political affiliations of those people "involuntarily" transported to Gitmo, USA. And, if the material to be destroyed includes guns.