Home

A federally-registered independent political party

Follow the CEC on Facebook Follow @cecaustralia on Twitter Follow the CEC on Google +


Follow the CEC on Soundcloud












While Pandemic Brews, Obama Pretense of U.S. "Preparedness" Shattered by School Start-Up

Aug. 6, 2009 (LPAC)--The A/H1N1 flu is continuing fiercely in Southern Hemisphere locations, during the "normal" Winter flu season, but also has significant activity across the Northern Hemisphere and Mid-Latitudes as well. This is merely the "early stage" in the pandemic, as Dr. Keiji Fukuda, of the World Health Organization, likes to call it, estimating that two billion people at least will be infected. However, the full damage assessment is to be measured by the reality of the combined effects of many other diseases (dengue, malaria, HIV/AIDS), falling nutrition, lack of sanitation and water--all rapidly worsening under conditions of physical economic collapse globally. Recent developments in South Africa make the point.

In the midst of this, Washington, D.C. stands out for its inaction. The Obama Administration is making pronouncements about good anti-flu "preparedness" practices, such as having communications protocols, a forthcoming vaccine, etc., but all the while ignoring and banning reporting of the lack of basic medical infrastructure (hospitals, staff, laboratories, etc.) across the United States. Acknowledging this reality undercuts the Obama Nazi health reform drive.

But now the White House pretense of flu preparedness, is set to be shattered as the flu is showing up and causing havoc in the school-related group activities of football, marching band, etc., that have started up prior to the opening of classrooms later this month.

Southern Hemisphere

Africa. In South Africa, the Western Cape Province's Health Department today said it was going "on very high alert," given that the flu outbreak is now pandemic in the country. The number of lab-confimred cases in the province jumped fourfold in one week, up to 176; there were 700 lab-confirmed cases throughout the country last week, with two confirmed deaths from A/H1N1.

Nations in Africa have not reported a high rate of A/H1N1 to date, but holocaust conditions are present given the high rate of HIV/AIDS. In South Africa, for example, nearly six million have HIV out of 48 million people.

South America Argentina, with thousands of cases, has had 311 deaths confirmed from swine flu, and another 319 deaths suspected of being from it. The figure for deaths doubled in three weeks.

The A/H1N1 activity continues strongly elsewhere in South America, and in Australia.

Mid-Latitudes

Mexico. 1,000 new cases of swine flu have been detected in the country in the past five days. The pattern of the southeastern region appearing to have the highest number persists.

Also, 109 new cases of Dengue have been identified in Puebla. This is part of an alarming new pattern of Dengue presence in higher altitudes. Dengue, normally confined to tropical and sub-tropical states such as Veracruz, Tabasco, and Chiapas, has now spread to central highland states such as San Luis Potosi, Puebla, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Queretaro, and Mexico State. There are 1,683 cases; no deaths yet. Authorities have declared an epidemiological alert. In the past, the disease has not spread out of tropical regions.

Indian Sub-Continent. India recorded its first death from A/H1N1 virus in the western Indian city of Pune Aug. 3, while two fresh cases of swine flu were detected in Bangladesh the next day.

At the same time, Dengue fever has become epdiemic in Sri Lanka, where the number of deaths from Dengue has risen to 227 while more than 20,896 cases have been reported in Sri Lanka so far this year, according to the Epidemiological Unit of the Ministry of Health. The agency said on Aug. 3, in its latest statistics, that of the 20,896 dengue cases, the highest number of patients were reported from June, totaling 7,049. This represents a sharp increase as 4,156 dengue cases and 85 deaths were reported for the whole year of 2008.

Northern Hemisphere

Japan is one of the worst-hit Asian nations, with 4,462 lab-confirmed cases of A/H1N1 as of July 29, and a crash program for domestic vaccine production, and a stockpile of anti-viral medications for one-third of its population.

China has yet to see a proportionally large A/H1N1 outbreak, with only 1,668 lab-confirmed cases as of last week, but contingency arrangements are in full force in hospitals, airports, and other key points.

Europe Britain remains the worst hit, with Spain the next worse so far.

Canada Today leaders of the Assembly of First Nations and other aboriginal peoples met in Regina with provincial and territorial premiers about the fact of the A/H1N1 hitting their peoples hard, because of poverty, and also lack of readiness of anti-virals.

USA--In All 50 States

There is A/H1N1 virus activity now in all 50 states. A new spread pattern is expected soon because of the sports and other activities now underway in advance of school opening. E.g. in Alaska, Barlett High School in Anchorage, is the second football team in a week to report a player down with the flu. Now all attention is focussed on whether to hold Friday football games or not. These high school cases simply reflect the presence of thousands of cases in the state, which as of July 22, had 272 lab-confirmed infected persons.

States are in turmoil on how to make contingency arrangements for those requiring special treatment, such as lining up "mobile hospitals," ventilators, and the like, when the "normal" ratios of staffed beds and facilities are way below need, and resources are scarce because of the debacle of the Obama White House. On Aug. 1, Lyndon LaRouche called for an emergency allocation of $150 billion in Federal funds to states to maintain vital functions.


Citizens Electoral Council © 2016
Best viewed at 1024x768.
Please provide technical feedback to webadmin@cecaust.com.au
All electoral content is authorised by National Secretary, Craig Isherwood, 595 Sydney Rd, Coburg VIC 3058.