Bring Out Your Sick and Disabled!

This is what I look like as I type this (after having read George W. Bush's plan to outsource HIV/AIDS treatment to India)...

Report: Bush Considers Outsourcing Some
HIV/AIDS Care To India
by Peter Hacker, 365Gay.com Asia Bureau Chief

March 3, 2006 - 12:01 am ET

(New Delhi) Press reports from India following a meeting between President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh suggest the US is considering outsourcing some HIV/AIDS care to that country.

The reports cite a joint statement issued following the meeting on trade, security and HIV/AIDS that said health tourism from the US to India was an area with "enormous potential for collaboration".

Given India's "world-class medical care facilities at reasonable costs, the two countries could leverage Indian expertise for their economic and social benefit" the Times of India quotes the joint statement as saying.

The two countries agreed to harmonize their healthcare systems and develop specialized medical insurance and legal packages for US patients to boost health tourism.

I don't play the Bush/ Nazi card lightly (I have a master's degree in German), but most people aren't aware that the other 6 million exterminated included the sick and the disabled.

And doesn't the US have strict rules concerning infectious diseases for those attempting to enter the US?

Why, yes. According to the US Dept. of Health and Human Services:

# Quarantine preparedness at ports of entry

* State and local public health officials, in collaboration with the CDC should identify quarantine facilities for housing passengers, crew, and emergency workers who may have been exposed to an ill traveler. These facilities should be equipped for:
o Temporary quarantine (a few days), until the results of diagnostic tests become available
o Longer-term quarantine (up to 10 days) if a diagnosis of pandemic influenza is confirmed
* State and local health departments and community partners should plan for the provision of goods and services to persons in quarantine (see Supplement 8).

# Legal preparedness

While the federal government is primarily responsible for preventing the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the U.S., state and local health authorities may also take measures, such as quarantine of ill travelers and their contacts, to prevent the spread of communicable diseases within their borders. State and local authorities are primarily responsible for restricting travel within their borders while the federal government may take measures to prevent the interstate spread of communicable diseases.

Because jurisdictions and authorities at airports and other ports of entry overlap, local, state, and federal health authorities should establish protocols and outline roles and responsibilities in advance of a public health emergency. To be adequately prepared for management of travel-related risks, state and local health departments should:

* Ensure that legal authorities for the isolation of ill persons and the quarantine of exposed persons (at the local, state, and federal levels) are known and understood (see Supplement 8).
* Develop procedures for addressing overlapping multi-jurisdictional issues.
* Ensure legal authorities and develop protocols for:
o Requirements for pre-departure screening of international and domestic travelers
o Requirements for arrival screening and/or quarantine of international and domestic travelers
o Prohibitions on travel by ill persons and their contacts
o Restrictions on use of mass transit systems
o Cancellation of nonessential travel
* Work closely with local, state, and federal law enforcement officials to develop plans and protocols for enforcing travel restrictions, if necessary.

Health tourism?

Never trust the Bush administration to tell you the truth about anything they recommend. It's your life. Do you honestly think BushCo cares about your wellbeing?

So you think you know Delilah?
Judges 16:19-- And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head.