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Will the Hajj be an
Incubator for H1N1?
Global Post, by Carlye Murphy

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Posted By:Photoonist, 11/3/2009 3:19:36 PM

Rihadh, Saudi Arabia - As millions of Muslims begin arriving in Mecca for this year's pilgrimage, Saudi officials face a unique challenge: how to prevent this sacred rite from becoming an inadvertent incubator and global transmitter of swine flu. The conditions that will arise during the pilgrimage, or hajj, which officially begins in the last week of November, are the exact opposite of what health officials like to see. An estimated 2.5 million people from

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During Ramadan the swine flu hadn't spread as much as today. Now there will be millions of Muslims to whom the word ''sanitation'' has hardly any meaning in close proximity to one another, trying to touch the same space-rock. If a handful get through Saudi screening and are infected it will spread greatly, and especially on the trips home as well.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: cap MarineTet68, 11/3/2009 3:29:00 PM (No. 5996545)

The overwhelming majority of these hajjis have never been inside an airplane. Saudi Arabia sends the biggest airliners to all muslim countries to ferry them to Mecca. It's done on an allotment basis and eligibility is controlled by the various local imams.

Reply 2 - Posted by: KarenJ1, 11/3/2009 3:32:48 PM (No. 5996558)

It will be the incubator as usual for hate, murder and mayhem.

Reply 3 - Posted by: Chippewa, 11/3/2009 3:34:42 PM (No. 5996564)

Doesn't the Koran make it a capital crime to catch swine flu?

Reply 4 - Posted by: fiscon, 11/3/2009 3:45:46 PM (No. 5996589)

The Hajj, the largest gathering of Muslims, is susceptible to the swine flu. I just can't say that with a straight face! It sounds like something sent by the angel of comedy set-up lines.

Reply 5 - Posted by: SouthSanAntonio, 11/3/2009 3:50:42 PM (No. 5996601)

Maybe if enough of these idiots get sick and die while on the hajj, they will suddenly realize what a fake and destructive excuse for a religion they have been following all their lives.

It might be a great time for a few Christian missionaries to save a LOT of souls!!!!!!!!!!

Reply 6 - Posted by: rabid american, 11/3/2009 3:56:48 PM (No. 5996615)

Maybe we could send them a few blankets.....

just sayin'...... bein' neighborly and such....

;-)

Reply 7 - Posted by: cubiclecommando, 11/3/2009 3:59:46 PM (No. 5996626)

Why not? It works wonders for spinal meningitis.

When I was in Saudia Arabia, we were continually reminded of the spread of meningitis during the hajj.

Reply 8 - Posted by: geoinphoenix, 11/3/2009 4:04:56 PM (No. 5996641)

Swine flu at the Hajj? I thought pigs weren't allowed there.

Reply 9 - Posted by: ribald1, 11/3/2009 4:05:51 PM (No. 5996646)

Our central government can only hope.
This non disease is starting to make them look incompetent. Not only is the pandemic not happening, but they can’t come up with the Kool-Aid shots they want everyone to take.
Maybe the Muzzies will bail Al-Bama out on this one, but I would not count on it.

Reply 10 - Posted by: mean Gene, 11/3/2009 4:05:57 PM (No. 5996647)

While Polio was close to being wiped out a few stupid imams in Pakistan and Africa were calling the Polio vaccine a plot by the Jews and/or America to either sterilize Muslim girls or give them HIV/AIDS.
While all that was preventing the end of Polio on earth the Saudi's were demanding a proof of Polio vaccination to come on one's Hajj.
I had read that the Saudis are requiring a proof of H1N1 vaccination before pilgrims can come to ''the kingdom'' for Hajj this year.

Reply 11 - Posted by: SusanWesterman, 11/3/2009 4:13:22 PM (No. 5996665)

...stinks too bad. The virus will die.

Reply 12 - Posted by: nightvision, 11/3/2009 4:29:06 PM (No. 5996696)

#3, good point!

#7, ROFLMAO!!!

Reply 13 - Posted by: jackwoodson, 11/3/2009 4:29:25 PM (No. 5996697)

Who says it's hard to find good news?!

Reply 14 - Posted by: TheGrandWahzoo, 11/3/2009 4:40:43 PM (No. 5996724)

We can only hope.

Reply 15 - Posted by: snowoutlaw, 11/3/2009 4:47:05 PM (No. 5996742)

Maybe someone will yell HINI and the circle panic around the rock will do the job like it does most every year.

Reply 16 - Posted by: tusker, 11/3/2009 4:57:36 PM (No. 5996761)

Outstanding news!

Best use of the overdone bed sheet to date.

Reply 17 - Posted by: mc squared, 11/3/2009 5:30:32 PM (No. 5996840)

Can I use that line 14?

Reply 18 - Posted by: MsCharlotteVale, 11/3/2009 5:48:32 PM (No. 5996874)

Reminds me of an old song, "We'll be hoppin' at the swine-flu hop." What??? Oh, nevermind.

Reply 19 - Posted by: noddy, 11/3/2009 5:55:25 PM (No. 5996895)

The US should let people leave to attend this pilgramage but not allow them back until next year, if they're alive.

Reply 20 - Posted by: Crosscut, 11/3/2009 6:28:08 PM (No. 5996987)

We can only hope.

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