Ray Nagin, the mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, has been quarantined in China after possible exposure to the H1N1 virus, more commonly known as the swine flu. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin flew to China for a trip regarding economic development.
Ray Nagin
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been quarantined in a hotel in Shanghai, China because of possible exposure to swine flu. Ray Nagin flew to China on a plane that carried a passenger who was being treated for possible symptoms of H1N1. All passengers of that plane have been quarantined as a precaution.
According to Mr. Nagin’s spokesperson, Nagin is being treated well by Chinese authorities and is cooperating fully with the health procedures. Neither Nagin nor any members of his staff have shown any symptoms of H1N1. There is currently no indication how long the quarantine will be.
Nagin gained international fame during the Hurricane Katrina disaster. As the Mayor of New Orleans, he publicly criticized state and federal authorities for being slow to respond to the disaster that was devastating New Orleans. An estimated 2000 New Orleans citizens died as a result of Hurricane Katrina.
The swine flu has infected approximately 60,000 people worldwide. News attention regarding swine flu has diminished in recent weeks as public officials have declared it to be not as deadly as initially feared. 125 confirmed deaths have occurred because of swine flu. In comparison, the more common seasonal flu kills tens of thousands per year.
June 7th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Saw this earlier and my first thought was, “what is “Chocolate City” doing in China? No, what is he reeeeally doing in China…
Oh yeah, pop-ups are lame…
June 7th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Why couldn’t this have happened about one week before Katrina? There would NOT be the mess that is STILL THERE if he had been gone at the time.
More confusing is WHY they reelected the bum!
June 7th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
Just another vacation for Nagin paid for by the taxpayers. Wonder if the taxpayer had to pay for his wife’s vacation as well?
June 7th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
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June 8th, 2009 at 3:18 am
Would that he hd sneezed on Nancy Pelosi while she was there.
June 8th, 2009 at 4:13 am
More NO city taxpayer money well spent. He probably went there to scope out the Great Wall to see if its design could be helpful with levee-building.
June 8th, 2009 at 4:40 am
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June 8th, 2009 at 5:52 am
Are Americans travelling to China the only ones that get quarantined in their hotel or are they the only ones we hear about? A group of our senior teens on a trip into southern China were also quarantined for a week, ruining their expensive trip. Now the mayor of a premier coastal city. Is it the flu the Chinese are worried about or is something else happening there they don’t want us to see? It’s the flu not the plague and it’s been waning for a while now. Their hotel industry must be ticked if people can’t check in and out on schedule. What’s really going on?
June 8th, 2009 at 6:15 am
It couldn’t have happened to a better bigot! Ha! Whatta clown!
June 8th, 2009 at 6:15 am
If they didn’t want to him to see something over there then why invite him in the first place? I think there was a spat with Mexico after the Chinese quarantined a few of them.
June 8th, 2009 at 6:25 am
Yes the primary question is why would a local city official be negotiating economic development policy with the Chinese? Does Nagin negotiate foreign trade policy in addition to the Obama administration? Gosh, I thought that he was the Mayor of New Orleans.
I look at this trip to be an excuse to vacation in China, and enjoy some good dinners at the taxpayers’ expense. This guy should be impeached for abuse of office and made to pay back every penny. Because of the news media the taxpayers are now seeing what misuse of public tax dollars are taking place at the Federal and local levels, but are helpless as these corrupt elected officials are the ones making the decisions and calling the shots. I say fire them all, rewrite the rules and start over again.
June 8th, 2009 at 8:47 am
No surprise that a pig would develop swine flu.
June 8th, 2009 at 8:53 am
If this was a business trip to discuss economic development, why was his wife with him? Is she an elected official too or is it a perk to have your wife travel on taxpayer dollars?
June 8th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Can we get China to keep Sea-Ray?
June 9th, 2009 at 6:43 am
reply NO.8, it seems only 39 persons quaratined, all of them sited around the infected one on the flight, incuding the mayor.they will be qarantined 7 days at most.
Now more 20,000 persons are infected in worldwide and more than 130 persons died due to this case, the QTY are increasing daily.
You are warmly welcomed to China after H1N1 over (or now, if you are healthy), you can go anywhere and see everything what you want,of csz, it is limited to heterosexual toilet.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:06 am
As a concerned citizen, I urge Obama to travel to China ASAP.