Vice President Biden Keeping His Own Family From Flying Commercial, Riding Subway Because of Swine Flu
This morning Vice president Joe Biden told that he has told his own family to avoid confined spaces because of the swine flu. Biden says his family is avoiding subways and commercial air travel, because just one sneeze can infect everyone on the airplane.
Asked by TODAY's Matt Lauer about how he would advise his own family, Biden said, "I would tell members of my family, and I have, I wouldn't go anywhere in confined spaces places now," explaining it was a matter of avoiding confined spaces. He added, "I would not be at this point, if they had another way of transportation, suggesting they ride the subway."
Going beyond official advice from the federal government, Biden said of his family's personal precautions: "That's me."
Asked whether the government should close the border with Mexico to try to slow the spread of the flu, Biden told TODAY that health authorities advise that would be impractical because the swine flu has already spread to the U.S. and several other nations.
Instead, he said people should focus on confined places where the flu could spread quickly, such as airplanes, malls and classrooms.
This is a pretty shocking statement from the Vice President, which goes much further than anything the CDC has been saying.
