The coming of a second plague???

Well, there are two ways you can look at this current "swine flu", either it is the next global pandemic or nothing more than a media frenzied common cold.  The swine flu seems to be originating from a particular farm, "ground-zero" if you will, in Mexico.  This flu strain is a mixture of three types of influenza: bird, pig, and human strains.  Although the swine flu may have originated in Mexico, they have spread to the United States as well as several other countries around the world.  Cases are popping up all over Texas, California, New York, and other states.  It is an easily forgotten fact that the flu kills tens of thousands of people in the United States every year.  Despite having the medical advances and vaccination treatments, the flu still claims thousands of lives annually.  Granted a majority of these victims are either the elderly or young infants, it still seems rather odd that we cannot seem to impede this deadly illness.  

I heard a rather interesting theory the other day while listening to the radio.  Entertain the notion for a few minutes if you will.  What is so very odd about this particular strain of influenza is the unlikely mixture of bird, swine, and human strains.  Is this just a simple coincidence that has spread to several countries, including the United States, or is this an act of bio-terrorism.  Is it that much of a stretch of the imagination to think that terrorism would eventually use biochemicals and disease as weapon forms?  Why not use the flu? In fact it makes the perfect criminal, its a quite and common killer that won't raise a hint of suspicion in the global community...unless of course it begins to spread like wildfire.  Is it that unlikely that terrorist organizations have used infectious disease as a weapon to combat the United States and global community?  Well it may be a stretch, but is a drastically more fascinating hypothesis then say claiming this flu outbreak originated from a pig farm.   

Many have died, mainly in Mexico, and many have suffered from mild symptoms, however the question remains: is this disease outbreak containable and treatable?  I personally think the media has blown this way out of proportion.  I think this just creates unnecessary panic, especially when the Director of Homeland Security is on T.V. declaring a state of emergency. However, I could be very very wrong.  Maybe all of this craziness is warranted and this influenza strain is a legitimate concern...how can we really be sure.  However, if the government and Ms. Janet Napolitano is so concerned that she has recommended U.S. citizens stay out of Mexico and we wash our hands constantly, why have we not taken initiatives to protect our country's borders?  Why are we not enforcing the law on the borders, why are we treating illegal (keyword illegal) aliens as victims.  I, myself, am an immigrant and came to this country when I was five years old, and my parents couldn't speak a word of English.  But, nevertheless, they gained their citizenship legally and passed it down to their children.  That's how it works.  And what are we doing?  We are asking people if they have been sick in the last few days or weeks when they immigrate into America.  And if they say "yes", then we run further tests, and if they say "no" then we let them in.  Ladies and gentlemen, that is Homeland Security's brilliant plan to protect the United States from further exposure to the swine flu (which you apparently cannot get from eating pig, which is great, because I really do enjoy the occasional bacon).  

Why not adopt a process like Seoul, in which a temperature scanning is conducted on every immigrants (in airports, etc) to make sure they do not have an elevated core body, which could be swine flu exposure.  Some European countries even have a patch that you temperature  can put on a person's neck and get a quick and accurate reading as to any possible flu exposure.  The technology is out there!!! Why are we not using it!!!! Ms. Napolitano, I look forward to an answer soon...unless of course I die from the swine flu tomorrow.  God forbid.