Bird Flu Monitor > Ethical debate? What ethical debate?

http://blogs.chron.com/medblog [MedBlog] The Washington Post reports: In the event of a global flu pandemic, federal officials have said they intend to give vaccine first to health-care workers, followed by the oldest, sickest patients -- a policy aimed at saving the most lives. But one of the government's top medical ethicists is challenging that approach, arguing it is more appropriate to give young adults priority because they are at higher risk of dying in a flu pandemic and still have many productive years left.

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Pbs.orghttp://www.pbs.org [Pbs.org] NOVA | scienceNOW | January 10, 2006: Links & Books | PBS: The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention offer this informative Web site on the possibility of a pandemic flu. Find fact sheets, health tips, emergency planning checklists, and other useful links.

Oilempire.us[Oilempire.us] Bird Flu: But if - when - a flu pandemic comes, and millions of people die around the world over a period of months, the reality will be one of two alternatives. It's either going to be like those films, with videoconferencing suddenly all the rage, local farm produce making a big profit, empty supermarket shelves (you have to ship the oil, and distribute the fuel, but can the Armed Forces really do all that?), tumbleweed blowing in the streets, a medieval attitude to anyone not from "around here".

Kolkatabirds.com[Kolkatabirds.com] Birds of Kolkata: Avian Influenza or Bird Flu and India: The instances in which highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses have been detected in migratory birds are likewise rare, and the role of these birds in the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza remains poorly understood. The risk of infected birds arriving in India will depend on what proportion of birds have come into contact with the infection, the transmission rate of the virus and the likelihood that an infected individual could undertake a long-distance migration.

[Snichol2.blog.usf.edu] My Weblog: Trent Lott, Dan Rather, Eason Jordan, and James Guckert have all been targeted by the increasingly popular blogs. The stories of these four individuals were ignored by traditional media(TV, Radio…), but bloggers kept the outrage burning until a change was the conclusion.

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