Dr. John Carlo is withholding public health information about swine flu (Dallas County medical director)

The previously discussed article about the swine flu and immigration included this:

Careful not to fuel any backlash, Dr. John Carlo, Dallas County medical director, avoided characterizing any link to immigration.

In other words, Carlo is withholding potentially vital information about the source of a potential public health emergency. If some or many of those who are infected in Dallas are visitors or illegal aliens from Mexico, the public has a right to know so that they can contact their elected officials and urge them to take action: greater inspection of those entering the U.S. or an increase in attempts to block illegal immigration. Being politically correct is more important to Carlo than giving citizens the information they need.

I contacted Dallas County Health & Human Services director Zachary Thompson and asked him to comment on the article; this was his only reply:

DCHHS has no comment on the article.

You can get his contact information at dallascounty.org/department/hhservices if you'd like to politely let him know what you think.

Tue, 05/05/2009 - 11:17 · · Importance: 4