A thermal camera monitors the body temperature of passengers arriving from overseas against the possible infection of the swine flu at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 26, 2009. Asian health authorities were on alert Sunday, with some checking passengers and pork products from Mexico, as the World Health Organization declared the deadly swine flu outbreak a public health emergency of "pandemic potential." (AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Hyun-tai)Administration Declares Flu 'Emergency' -- The Politico
In an unusual Sunday briefing at the White House, administration officials said a “public health emergency” is being declared in the United States in order to mobilize maximum resources to combat fears of a global swine-flu pandemic.
The term "sounds more severe than it really is," said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who called the measure "standard operating procedure," adding, “I wish we could call it a declaration of emergency preparedness.” The same measures, she said, were taken for the inauguration and in cases of flood and hurricane.
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My Comment: The key sentence is at the bottom of the story ....
John Brennan, White House homeland-security adviser, said there is “no evidence whatsoever” of bioterrorism.
But personally .... I think it is too early to make such a statement with that amount of certainty.