British NHS goes global on the web

Some Americans sure know how to stir up a hornet's nest. It seems quite a few (dumb?) right wingers / Republicans think the UK's NHS (National Health Service) deserves to be attacked.

Fuse is pretty sure there can't be many Brits who are ungrateful to have the NHS. It's a world class service. One of the Fuse team's relatives had a heart transplant recently - if that's not remarkable, we don't know what is.

Anyway, the world of search, social media etc is buzzing with this international healthcare row. The British Prime Minister has joined Twitter to defend the NHS against what is reported as major 'right wing' USA opposition to President Obama's suggestion to potentially build a similar health service across the Atlantic.

Twitter crashed at one point because it was inundated with Brits using the social media tool to speak up for the NHS. Hundreds of comments are being added every few seconds currently.

You can join the debate on Twitter. Support #welovetheNHS and add an NHS #twibbon (like these 'Love NHS' twibbons) to your avatar now. It's almost like a fun online game... fighting Americans (the uninformed ones).

Power of the web at work again :-)