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The AP is reporting that the U.S. is going to start “passive screening” at the borders, in order to try and curtail the spread of the swine flu epidemic that has originated in Mexico.

Richard Besser, acting head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, revealed that American authorities were undertaking “passive screening” at its borders and reiterated the Obama administration’s call for people to remain calm. Besser said that U.S. officials at border checkpoints were “asking people about fever and illness, looking for people who are ill.”

Seriously?

Based on what I could find, there are an estimated 500,000 people illegally entering the U.S. each year.

What is the government going to be doing to check those people out?

Cross their fingers and hope that none of the roughly 40,000 people coming in illegally each month has the swine flu?

Link:

CDC: US begins border monitoring for swine flu.

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