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National Guard drill at high school to prepare for possible H1N1 riot

By Leslie H. Dixon, Staff Writer
Published: Aug 13, 2009 1:46 am

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PARIS — Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School will be the site of a National Guard riot control drill Thursday morning to prepare in the event of a panic over distribution of serum to treat the swine flu.
The school on Route 26 at the Paris-Norway town line has been designated by state officials as a distribution site for the H1N1 flu vaccine. The drill is to prepare for a worst-case scenario should the serum have to be transported from Augusta and people rush to get it.
On Thursday morning, four or five National Guard Humvees will travel from Augusta to Paris with vials of fake serum. The National Guardsmen will take on the roles of panicked citizens and military police and practice what they would do, such as using tear gas, in the case of a riot.
"This is just a component of moving the stuff from point A to B," said Oxford County Emergency Management Agency Director Scott Parker. The plan will be put into place only if needed, he said.
Plans were developed in April to have vials of serum sent from the federal government to Augusta, Parker said. From Augusta, the supplies will be transported to designated distribution centers.
During the April conference, concerns were raised about a possible out-of-control rush on the serum, Parker said. Because of that concern, Gov. John Baldacci and Gen. John Libby, adjutant general of the Maine National Guard, agreed that a plan should be devised to quell such a disturbance.
Local police chiefs have also been involved in the planning, Parker said. In a real event, local police would be in charge of security once the serum arrives in Paris. "We own it. We're in charge of providing security," he said.
As of Aug. 5, the Maine Center for Disease Control said there had been 323 confirmed cases of H1N1 in Maine, of which 176 are Maine residents and the rest out-of-staters diagnosed in Maine. A total of 19 people required hospitalization. Sixty percent of the victims were under the age of 25.
On Tuesday, health authorities reported Maine's first death from the H1N1 virus. Dr. Dora Anne Mills, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control, said a York County man in his 50s was hospitalized for three weeks and died last week of underlying conditions complicated by H1N1.
The drill will take place behind the school and will not affect the day-to-day activities within the school. Access to the school building will be available through the main entrance, Parker said.
ldixon@sunjournal.com

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bump!!!!!!!

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haha panic, I tell you I could give a rats ass about swine flu, its not any more deadly than your regular run of the mill flu and I never get flu shots and rarely get the flu. I have heard more horror stories about the side effects of the serum that are worse than the actual flu. Peanuts and bee stings kill way more people per year than H1N1, I am not afraid of peanuts or bees either.

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It is far easier to ignorantly control others than it is to wisely control yourself.

Whether or not the virus is really bad, mob panic is a real threat. It is good that they train for it. I don' know what this post serves to do but induce that panic.

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I thought Swine flu died as an issue when it became public knowledge that it was a hyped up weakling that fails to compare to the average flu, and made the 1918 Flu seem like a super-bug that rivals MRSA.

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Libertas inaestimabilis res est - Liberty is a thing beyond all price. | Sic Semper Tyrannis

Nope they have been fear mongering all summer. They say it is going to come back in the fall and be leathal. Troops practicing in Black Jack Boot Thug Gear is not normal and shouldn't be tolerated. A school of all places to have this drill. Come on...

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lol how is mob panic a threat.

The whole thing is a waste of time... waste of tax payers money...

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The expectation is that after it incubates and re-surges this fall it is going to be pretty ugly. They expect it to mutate in incubation. If you buy the fear stuff.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/702319

I know someone who works in moon suit preparedness teams, and she says it is pretty ugly. But I am no scientist.

Oddly, it doesn't seem to do ANYTHING to people over 50. Kids are gonna suffer the most.

Sounds man made to me. *realigns dish on tin hat

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Because if the news is pumping up the child deaths like a daily toll... people will do anything to get their kids a shot. There will be a bum rush, and they will run out. These vaccines don't live long.


Whether or not it is bad... it will probably be portrayed as such.

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