FIRST U.S. SWINE FLU DEATH

"I fully expect we will see deaths from this infection," Richard E. Besser, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. "As we continue to investigate cases here, I expect that we will see deaths in this country."

I heard Dr. Besser’s statement on the radio earlier this week ... he sounded almost gleeful.

Now it has happened. “The first U.S. death from the outbreak was a Mexico City toddler who traveled to Texas with family and died Monday night at a Houston hospital. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius predicted the child would not be the last U.S. death from swine flu.”

Do I detect a “See? See? We told you so!” attitude on the part of our government panjandrums?