Bird Flu Monitor > A pandemic could be bad, part 2, US version (in case you hadn't heard) [Effect Measure]

http://www.scienceblogs.com [ScienceBlogs] Since we dont know the average death rate in the pandemic if and when it comes we cant adjust to the needed and necessary items. Most of that stuff that comes from Central Supply (name of the in hospital facility) who in turn orders it from the Baxters/Wellcome etc of the world who have about a month supply on hand at all time.

Some related posts from Technorati and Google.

Nature.comhttp://www.nature.com [Nature.com] Avian flu special The flu pandemic: were we ready? : Nature: Here's the transcript: "At this hour, the World Health Organization has declared a full-scale pandemic influenza alert, with person-to-person spread lasting more than two weeks in Cambodia and Vietnam. During previous influenza pandemics in the United States, large numbers of people were ill, sought medical care, were hospitalized and died.

[Reports.typepad.com] Pandemic Plan: The company's travel policy includes daily avian flu status reports that inform employees of the current situation by country and, if necessary, tells them what areas to avoid. At the plant level, the company has developed flu-screening processes including procedures to backtrack and identify anyone who came in contact with an infected individual.

Bloggersblog.comhttp://www.bloggersblog.com [Bloggersblog.com] Bloggers Blog -- Bird Flu / Avian Flu: However, as the disease has spread and there have been more warnings from scientists and government leaders about the possibility of an unstoppable pandemic the number of bird flu bloggers has increased. Even more alarming was a recent study that found that the flu virus that caused the deadly 1918 flu pandemic also originated in birds just like the H5N1 strain that looms as a human threat today.

Worldchanging.comhttp://www.worldchanging.com [Worldchanging.com] WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green ...: Start where your audience startsInstead of ignoring the fact that people think flu is minor, or berating people for thinking that flu is minor, acknowledge that even some public health authorities use the term "flu" in ways that minimize its seriousness. (A senior U.S. health official recently apologized for his wife's absence at an event by saying she was home with "a stomach flu"—a misnomer.) After making common cause with the public—"we have all ignored influenza for too long"—talk about how horrific the next flu pandemic may be compared with the annual flu.

[Christopherray.co.uk] Call me Chris » Bird Flu: Of course no variant strain may emerge from the pigs in Sumatra, howwever the fact that there is a cluster of human fatalities from H5N1 bird flu nearby, raises its own concerns. The World Health Organisation cannot, at this time, rule out the possibility that these victims caught the disease from each other ie the H5N1 virus was transmitted from human to human.

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