Get the Swine flu: Thank the repugicans

From ScienceBlogs:

"As public health professionals they [CDC officials] are doing a heroic job, but they depend on DHHS [Department of Health & Human Services], of which they are a part, for building government-to-government relationships. those relationships suffered badly during the Bush years, with the result that Mexico had a better and more comfortable connection with canada than the u.s. so why hasn't the Obama administration righted the problem? Because, among other things, there is still no secretary of DHHS. Obama's nominee, the highly capable administrator Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius, has had her confirmation held up by republican ideologues playing abortion politics.

If ever there was a time when we needed strong leadership at dhhs, this is it. playing politics has consequences."

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