Saturday, May 2, 2009

The Politics of Influenza

Now that it looks like the H1N1 (Swine) flu is starting to wane and may not be the global disaster it could have been, I can't help but reflect on how political a public health emergency can be. Here is what I observed over the past week of flu-mania:Kathleen Sebelius was sworn in as U.S. Health Secretary on Tuesday just hours after the Senate finally confirmed her nomination. The week before,

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