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  1. Er, NYT has Amsterdam airport claiming they were banned from using hi-tech screening machines on U.S.-bound passengers. http://bit.ly/7raGNF
  2. Christmas was a dream. One that ended too soon... My early take on attempted bombing of NWA Fl 253 over Detroit today: http://bit.ly/4MhiX4
  3. My best guess about the strange case of the temporarily missing Northwest airplane from last week: http://bit.ly/4zIFRZ
  4. Update: total no. of CNN Breaking News Alert msgs about balloon boy this week -- five (5). Can't...stop...alerting...!
  5. No. of CNN Breaking News alert msgs about 6-yr-old who may or may not be in balloon: 3. (So far.) TV news people need to feel more shame
  6. When vaccines play hard to get... The longer the lines, the more people want swine flu shot! http://bit.ly/T3ZmI
  7. Of course, good to keep perspective... Est'd number of kids killed in U.S. car crashes over same period: 700.
  8. Number of kids killed by H1N1 so far: 75. Average flu season: About the same. Only problem: Flu season hasn't actually started...
  9. Best emergency-management talk of all time: "Zombie Attack: Applying Emergency Management to Attacks by the Undead." Orlando Nov 3.
  10. OK, your flu-vaccine locator is here: http://bit.ly/1EUtVH Only problem: still too early to locate much of anything. Bookmark and move on!
  11. Irrationally excited about my new Swine Flu Quiz on Time.com. Who knew pandemic flu could be so fun?! http://bit.ly/OWAwm
  12. Just finished giving a talk in Sacramento to Calif hospitals. They are in a tough spot...between a pandemic flu and a budget catastrophe.
  13. Swine Flu Trend Spotter Alert! The kids are apparently calling it the "hinnie" flu. Or so I am told. Much better than H1N1, I think.
  14. At pandemic drill in DC Marriott. Feds invited reporters--as players. So it's off the record. But I will not be silenced...well, not totally
  15. USA Today story on 90k dead from swine flu is bogus. Am sitting at the CDC reading the report. That ain't what it says.
  16. Swine flu vaccine now being tested in pregnant women.
  17. 3rd surprise from swine flu boot camp: pregnant women make up 6% of deaths--but only 1% of the population.
  18. 2nd surprise from swine flu boot camp: This fall, no one will know if they have regular flu or swine flu. Just that they are miserable.
  19. Drinking a cold beer after 10 hrs of Swine Flu boot camp at CDC. One surprise: CDC campus is really nice. Like beautiful. Who knew?
  20. On way to Atlanta for CDC meeting for reporters--on swine flu. Just tried to sneeze into my arm on plane. Did not go well.