On Friday, it was announced that the Pentagon will be offering the H1N1 vaccine to those currently held at Guantanamo Bay’s detention camp.
Spokeswoman Maj. Diana R. Haynie, for Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay, told CNN: "Detainees at JTF Guantanamo are considered to be at higher risk and therefore they will be offered the H1N1 vaccination.”
She continued: "JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees. As such, we must provide detainees the medical care necessary to maintain their health.”
While dangerous Islamic terrorists will soon be protected from the swine flu, the vast majority of American children will remain unprotected from the deadly virus.
According to the Center for Disease Control, 19 U.S. children died last week alone from H1N1, while a total of 74 children across the country have died so far from the outbreak.
The CDC has also announced that the virus is now widespread in 48 states, with 3,000 American were hospitalized with complications from the swine flu last week alone.
The federal government promised us that by now, 220 million doses of the H1N1 vaccine should have been made available. However, as of last week, only 26 million doses had been distributed.
Here in Virginia, a state with a population of 7.8 million, only 489,700 H1N1 vaccines have been shipped to health care providers across the state, leaving more than 7 million Virginians vulnerable to the virus.
We now have a President who is more concerned with the health of terrorists than he is with the welfare of his own countrymen.
What are we to think of a man and a government who leaves millions of American children unprotected from such a dangerous disease?
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The muslims have more rights than the country. I guess some are more equal than others. We all have to face it. The weasels are never going away.
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The official excuse is they are vacinated to protect the military guards. However, they can't explain how an incarcinated terrorist could contract Mexican swine flu, unless they are infected by the guards. Innoculating the entire staff at Gitmo and screening any visitors could have prevented this.
Closing the Mexican border earlier this year could have helped as well. The crew operating in DC have more important concerns than your life.
OMG I BET HE IS MAKING SURE ONLY LIBERAL CHILDREN GET THE VACCINE AND HE IS EXECUTING A BIG PLAN TO KILL ALL THE CONSERVATIVES AND MAKE SURE HE GETS PERMANENT CONTROL!!! WAKE UP AMERICA!!! PRAISE JESUS!
Hey genius, AMERICAN troops are handling those detainees....only makes sense that they do not create a toxic germ farm
It's time for people to pull together and find solutions to these problems, not put up obstacles or produce misinformed criticism along party lines. The current state of our public health system can be blamed on lack of support by many decision makers on both sides of the aisle. Let's figure out how to fix the problem, not blame. Shame on the Examiner for posting this deliberately divisive article.
My goodness, I am impressed with the Christian compassion expressed here. Do you think He differentiated between Christian, Muslim or any other faith or race? If you think this, it's time to read your Bible, friend.
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