Today I am going to talk a little bit about the swine flu epidemic that started in Mexico and has been found both here in the US and on the European continent. As if drugs and violence are not enough now Mexico is exporting an extremely virulent strain of swine flu to the US as well as elsewhere around the world and it has the potential to become a pandemic.
Of course if you listen to the anti-illegal immigration people, the Mexican government, and some of our own on the political left including elected officials they will tell you that it is all Americas fault. I find this point of view to be extremely irresponsible because both the CDC (Center for Disease Control) and the WHO (World Health Organization) have proven that Mexico City Mexico is where the epidemic began.
I personally feel very sorry for the Mexican people and I sympathize with them for having to suffer from this very nasty infectious disease. I it s extremely unfortunate because they are also having to endure a very bloody drug war as well, which I am certain is not making their lives any easier. When you add swine flu to that, life in Mexico just sucks right now.
I will admit that right now Mexico needs all the help it can get from the US and the international community to combat this serious health issue. However I don’t think that we can help them until we do everything within our power to make sure our citizens are safe first. This means closing our southern border both in and out of the US vigorously pursuing and deporting illegal immigrants who attempt to cross into the US from Mexico and clamping down on the criminal traffic trying to cross as well.
I know that sounds kind of cold hearted and I do not mean to be, but first things first. That means we take care of our own first then we do what we can to save the world. Lets face it folks if things get real bad here it will only be worse for our neighbors to the south, the UK, and the continent of Europe. With any luck our government won’t screw this situation up any more than it already is, but considering who has been making the decisions in the US for the last 100 days I don’t have a lot of faith in our government right now to get this right.
That is all for now but I will be back again tomorrow. Have a terrific Tuesday CIAO4NOW!!!!!
Great post. I definitely agree with you that we should be working to protect our country first and foremost...then the rest of the world.
ReplyDeleteHow can we truly help others if we don't take care of our own?
Hopefully this Swine Flu will not end up being as bad as it could be. I definitely think that will depend on the choices that are made by those in power in the next weeks.
Let's hope that this something that they don't screw up!!!!!!
i soo agree we should take care of us first!! This is some really scarry stuff..its killin ppl left and right..I'm really worried tho cause its in the us already and well we still dont know the exact sorce..Or Do we?..been watching the news alot lately and Mexico ppl are walking around with mask on and everything..im trully sorry but if they care nothing about helping themselves then why should we??? Lets hope for the best and they do shut down borders..thanks for sharing Tim..
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