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http://johnsville.blogspot.com [The Johnsville News] Nature.com has a "what if" weblog that describes a scenario of a future Avianflu pandemic. Some of the entries: February 20, 2006 - America shuts down February 27, 2006 - Everyone for themselves links: Avianflu special: The flu pandemic: were we ready

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http://effectmeasure.blogspot.com [Effect Measure] Friday blogrollin' (Saturday edition): Bird flu sites revisited: (CIDRAP) is an essential source for accurate and readable information about emerging infectious diseases, bioterrorism and avian flu. They have also been keeping a more up-to-date unofficial case and case fatality count than WHO.

[Crofsblogs.typepad.com] H5N1: Collateral Damage in Pandemics: The Canadian Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan's Appendix G deals with issues like pregnancy and health conditions such as asthma and heart disease as factors that seem to have increased the chance of dying of flu. Of all deaths of women of childbearing age in the Spanish flu, half were of pregnant women.

[Connotea.org] Connotea: recent: "Making up the balance of the UN avian flu conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and looking at the Global Plan that was the main outcome of the conference, there is really only one conclusion to be drawn: we have given up."

Futurepundit.comhttp://www.futurepundit.com [Futurepundit.com] FuturePundit: Yet Another Avian Flu Preparedness Warning Report: WASHINGTON, June 24, 2005 – Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) today released state-by-state projections that found over half a million Americans could die and over 2.3 million could be hospitalized if a moderately severe strain of a pandemic flu virus hits the U.S. Additionally, based on the model estimates, 66.9 million Americans are at risk of contracting the disease.The study also found that the U.S. currently only has stockpiled 2.3 million courses and has placed orders for an additional three million courses of antiviral pharmaceuticals (produced as Tamiflu by Roche Pharmaceuticals), which would likely be available in 2006. This would be enough to cover 5.3 million Americans, leaving over 60 million who could be infected and would not be able to receive medication before an effective vaccine to combat the flu strain is identified and produced.

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