Oh goodie. The person in the White House in charge of managing the avian flu has a frightening resume:

…he has no background in medicine, public health, or bioterrorism preparedness. His chief accomplishment seems to be his position from 1995-1999 as legal counsel to former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson, who was tapped as President Bush’s first Health and Human Services secretary.


ADDED: Dana Milbank @ The Washington Post has a behind the scenes view of yesterday’s Capitol Hill Flu Briefing. (via War and Peace)

Ohh… btw… it’s spread into Europe.