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Joe Wilson's wife diagnosed with swine flu

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Rep. Joe Wilson's wife Roxanne has been diagnosed with swine flu, the congressman's office confirmed to CNN on Thursday.

The South Carolina Republican who gained instant notoriety in September for shouting "You lie!" at the president told The Hill newspaper on Thursday that he plans to keep his distance from his wife when he returns home this weekend.

Wilson said he plans to get the H1N1 vaccination soon, but only after "the majority of the American people" receive it.

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Washington, is the only member of Congress to have contracted swine flu. He tweeted the news on Monday, revealing plans to head off to "seclusion for a while" while he recovers.







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Joe Wilson Blames Obama for Scarce H1N1 Vaccine, But Voted Against Funding

(ChattahBox)—The notorious presidential heckler, Joe “You lie” Wilson (R-SC), is blaming the manufacturing delay in producing adequate amounts of swine flu vaccine on President Obama. But in June, Wilson didn’t think preparation for the pending swine flu epidemic, was important to Americans, when he voted no on a special funding bill to combat the H1N1 virus.

Despite the Obama administration taking every available precaution to deal with the H1N1 epidemic, the slow manufacturing process that requires growth of the virus in chicken eggs, has temporarily delayed the delivery of sufficient amounts of vaccine to the U.S. But, the process may be finally catching up to demand, as officials expect another 10 million doses of the vaccine to be made available by the end of the week, to add to the already 31.8 million doses.

However, famous presidential heckler Rep. Wilson has decided that President Obama is “solely responsible” for the current shortage of vaccine.

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While Wilson decided to lead with his wagging index finger once again, rather then his brain, he forgot to check his voting record on swine flu funding. Oops! On a June vote of a supplementary appropriations bill that contained special funding for H1N1 preparation, Wilson, along with 95 percent of Republicans voted against it.

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