Obama signed the declaration late Friday, which the White House said allows medical treatment facilities to better handle a surge in flu patients by waiving federal requirements on a case-by-case basis.
"The foundation of our national approach to the H1N1 flu has been preparedness at all levels -- personal, business, and government -- and this proclamation helps that effort by advancing our overall response capability," the White House said in a statement.
The flu has infected millions of Americans and killed nearly 100 children in the U.S. The chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that over a thousand people have died as a result, with 46 states reporting widespread H1N1 activity.
"Since the beginning of the pandemic, we've seen more than 1,000 deaths and 20,000 hospitalizations," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the CDC. "We expect it to occur in waves, but we can't predict when those waves will happen."
Sixty million Americans have been vaccinated against the seasonal flu this year, but an additional vaccine against H1N1 has been in short supply. About 120 million doses were expected to be made available by the middle of October, though only 11 million doses have been shipped to health departments for use.
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- vincius
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there is no pandemic. 1600 people died today from tobacco !!.600 died today from FDA approved prescription drugs.thats 2200 a DAY ! why dont they declare a national emergency on that ? theres your friggin pandemic. this is bullshit.......there were 50+ deaths and 10,000 people got sick from h5n1. gaurdacil killed them and its made by BAXTER same people making h1n1 = TRUTH ! ! ! did those 100 kids that died have a flu shot last year ? thats all i want to know. how many people who took the birdflu shot got sick from it ? i have looked and i will again
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H1N1 is there but to be declared as a national emergency is plain propaganda.
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- lookatmypix
- 1 month ago
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I bet they got their info from Fox news
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The Pharmaceutical Corporations just had a collective orgasm.
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"Requirements under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act would prohibit hospitals from certain rapid triage or sorting activities and prevent the establishment of off-site, alternate care facilities that could off-load emergency department demand," he said. Why would the law ever prevent rapid triage?
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The end is near ! This movie is GREAT !
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- larrysnotes
- 1 month ago
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Someone check the act, for a clause to require infected people live and work on the new moon mines.
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This CANNOT be the way the mayans wanted us to be off'd in 2012...next!
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- achromatic
- 1 month ago
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were all gonna die!!
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Well, its not the end, but a certain amount of population will, unfortuntely, decrease..
Science needs to have better motives upon finding cures...
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- metalcookiesxy70
- 1 month ago
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So, Obama is declaring a national emergency. Before any stories about hospitals being overwhelmed?
Talk about your fear-mongering. Big Pharma has Obama working for them now as well I see. I wonder if the international bankers know he's moonlighting for Baxter and friends?
Way to go Obama. The only change we've been seeing with your administration is an escalation in fear. Only now it's not so much the terrorists we need to be scared of. It's invisible germs from our piggie friends. Way to keep a nation on it's knees Mr. Obama!
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Is he expecting another Nobel Prize or something? I mean seriously the man cannot make decisions and if he does it takes a few months. 4 and out!!!
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- clownpuncher
- 1 month ago
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So which will Obama let them kill first....
Us?
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The dollar?
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What an effin' joke. This IS blatant propaganda, so 'we the people' think we need help.
And "guess who" is going to help us? Big Brother!
Come on people. My great-grandfather died in 1918 in the Spanish Flu epidemic.
Now that was a national emergency!
The month of OCTOBER 1918 was the worst month in that epidemic.
. They're also lying regarding the vaccine. They're are trying to scare everyone to 'hurry up' run out and get your shot before we run out!!!
Run, Forrest, run!President Obama, let the CDC handle this, you have better things to do. This isn't worthy of your attention that you've shed on it. GET BACK TO BUSINESS.
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the swine flu was made in a lab and is the first step in eugenics
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I had swine flu. It really isn't that bad, tamiflu kills it in like 2 days.
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- wmorrison13
- 1 month ago
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what a bunch of crap, this is the kind of stuff they are using to manipulate the masses and keep the false economic recovery moving. be scared, spend money to make you happy. obama is playing their game
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H1N1 is overblown hype unless the Administration is hiding medicalinformation fromthe American people that would help in our decision making.
This Administration is a stand up and honest one so I can't see that being true.
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- My_America
- 1 month ago
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OOOOO I'm so scared now. So now that we don't have the Bin Laden boogeyman on our news to be scared of, they fearmonger about this. Some national emergency... they aren't even prepared. As I always say, follow the money.
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- JanforGore
- 1 month ago
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No one wants to die from the pig flu, obviously, but "pandemic"? really? This is a bunch of jargon. Our society is far too advanced for something like this to not become contained. It is true that some people will die, and some people will live. It's like any other viral or bacterial infection.
Using manipulative verbiage to convince us that we MUST get a vaccine, but that there are a limited amount of these vaccines, is ridiculous. The pharmaceutical companies will continue to produce the vaccine, allowing the continuation of unnecessary profit. And, without a doubt, the hype surrounding the pig flu will die off in the next couple years, much like the bird flu.
I just hope we don't come into contact with the goat flu That one is going to be a doozy.
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They have not tested this vaccine well enough. Don't take it. If you die from it there is no recourse.
Thank you Obama.
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It all boils down to this: DAMNED IF WE DO, and DAMNED if WE DON'T! ..we're not doing enough...oh, we're over doing it...yeah, manipulating the masses...a lot of the comments here are tinged with conspiracy theory, with a dash of communism and the red menace 101... take a breath folks...that's it...breathe...relax...wash your hands...peace. ~!~
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wtf? i thought this whole "swine flu" thing was over. hasn't swine flu been around since the BC days??? how come they want to start talking about it now???
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- skiersam10
- 1 month ago
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H1N1 has had a great advertising campaign so far. These fear tactics are nothing more than big pharma pushing their latest cures in attempts to make billions.
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- PirateSauce
- 1 month ago
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