A PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS fingerpointing roundup. The more they do this, the more I figure they’re hiding something. That’s certainly how it worked with Fannie Mae . . . .

UPDATE: A reader writes:

How about a simpler explanation? Did you notice the AP story today on how the Democrats in Congress have agreed to push through Obamacare on a “reconciliation” basis that would severely limit debate and prevent filibuster? No? Probably no one else did, either, what with the sixteen above the fold stories about the Pink Death now kinda sort maybe sweeping the globe.

It is certainly consistent with the Obama modus operandi to spread much FUD just before rolling out some huge government expansion. Recall the grim economic rumor-mongering before Stimulusaurus.

You think?