Monday, March 20, 2006
Feeling safer now? Me neither.
Last week Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt announced that Americans should prepare for bird flu by stashing canned tuna and powdered milk under their beds (What? No chicken soup?) . "When you go to the store and buy three cans of tuna fish," said Secretary Leavitt, "buy a fourth and put it under the bed. When you go to the store to buy some milk, pick up a box of powdered milk. Put it under the bed." Sure. Right next to the duct tape and plastic sheeting we'll use in case of a bioterrrorist attack. If this is what passes for public health policy, we're all in deep trouble.
