This came from;
Dr. Madeleine Cosman, Ph.D., JD
October 12, 2005
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/Cosman/madeleine15.htm

To control a lethal contagious disease, only three methods routinely work. Vaccine prevents the disease. Medicine treats the disease. Quarantine contains the spread of disease. America is woefully unprepared with modern vaccines and medications. So our President must resort to the medieval technique of quarantine that in the 14th through the 16th centuries saved lives but thoroughly disrupted commerce, private enterprise, and human rights.

Now remember, Obama carries this torch now.
President Bush is asking Congress to supersede the American traditional possee comitatus and allow federal use of armed troops to perform the police function of keeping sick people in and well people out of those streets, towns, cities, or sections of the country where Bird Flu will rage, sicken, and kill.

The Patriot Act has a clause that allows a Governor to declare a state of medical emergency that imposes martial law, requires each person’s submission to the National Guard, demands relinquishing of personal firearms, and mandates involuntary vaccination, treatment, or quarantine. The President wants to commandeer each state’s National Guard and with the military perform those acts in case of Bird Flu. (substitute with Swine Flu.)

Quick review of politics of preparedness for disaster, problems of vaccine preparation, and methods of administering our pitifully meager supplies of medication suggest why our President is considering draconian medieval quarantine.

Who in America will decide who gets what vaccine or medicine? Power to decide determines who lives and who dies. Will rationing be by age? By wealth? By social position? Will first responders and the military get first doses, as the current plan now provides? Who in government gets protected? Who rejected? Who far down in the local chain of command is considered “critical” to protect and who is expendable? Do city mayors get protection? Town councilmen? All physicians? All police and fire-fighters? All garbage collectors? Do you count? Do I?

I heard it started when the Mexican Army released a biological agent in its fight on the drug cartels...