Biden would avoid subways, planes after swine flu outbreak

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs issued an apology Thursday for Vice President Joe Bidens comments that he wouldnt recommend taking a commercial flight or riding in a subway car because swine flu virus can spread in confined places.

Obviously, if anybody was unduly alarmed for whatever reason, we would apologize for that. And I hope that my remarks and remarks of people at CDC and Secretary Napolitano have appropriately cleared up what he meant to say, Gibbs said during the daily briefing at the White House.

Bidens office later sought to clarify his remarks by saying he was only urging sick people to avoid planes and trains.

Gibbs said President Barack Obama had not spoken to Biden about his remarks.

In an interview Thursday on NBCs Today show, Biden said, I would tell members of my family — and I have — I wouldnt go anywhere in confined places now, Biden said on NBCs Today show.. Its not that its going to Mexico. Its [that] youre in a confined aircraft. When one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft. Thats me.

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