Reiteration and Exasperation

Quixote rightfully suggested that I do an update to this post to (re)emphasize "it's the relatively wealthy and legal *air travelers* who are vectors" for swine flu. As Rana commented a few days ago on Quixote's post linked above:

[M]ost of the vectors into the United States have been U.S. citizens with the money and time to travel to Mexico. Some poor dude who is infected with swine flu is not going to be healthy enough to make his way across the desert to infect you. It's your wealthy globe-trotting neighbors who are more likely to be a problem.

So I wanted to reiterate that.

At this point however, I'm not sure it makes a damn bit of difference to the "Ooh, blame Mexico!" crowd:

[Image removed at cartoonist's request.]
Via Renee, and see her whole takedown of this bullshit.