Okay, I'm just saying, this thing is going too fast to not ask questions. Be alert folks.
Senate officials are holding internal planning exercises this week to prepare for a swine flu outbreak that could hobble congressional offices.
The office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms (SAA) has been talking with Senate offices and attending Senate luncheons since the disease first began to spread in the spring.
“It is becoming second nature to us right now about how to proceed,” said Terry Gainer, the Senate Sergeant at Arms. “And in some respect you kind of want to say, let’s get started with it, we’ve done so much prep work, let’s begin to began.”
The U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) and the Office of the Attending Physician are planning to attend this week’s meeting with the SAA in which they will discuss a variety of different scenarios for how an H1N1 outbreak could affect Congress, including more than 10,000 staffers and nearly 2 million visitors so far this year.President Barack Obama began this month by holding a health briefing on the government’s response preparations in the event of an H1N1 outbreak.
“I don't want anybody to be alarmed, but I do want everyone to be prepared,” he said after the meeting. [The Hill]
On this I agree with the President, although in a slightly different way. Be prepared folks, something is up.
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