Experts find flaws in US bird flu outbreak plans

[Wolfie]

A PLAN drawn up by the Bush Administration to combat a pandemic bird flu outbreak reveals that America is grossly unprepared to deal with what would likely be the worst disaster in US history.

The 381-page draft plan, leaked by health officials who claim that it contains fundamental failures, predicts that a full-scale outbreak could kill as many as 1.9 million Americans and put 8.5 million in hospital at a cost of more than $450 billion (£256 billion).

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1818987,00.html

:rolleyes:

[Ken]

Bird Flu sounds nice.

I can't wait to contract that.

Hopefully it will turn out to be more effective than that sham SARS.

[Wolfie]

Lets just say the last big flu (Swine Flu appriopiately during Ronnie's reign) panic ended up a waste of millions of dollars used for vaccinating for the wrong virus. The 1918 flu is considered the Ebola of the flu virues and has been sending everyone in a panic everytime they think something close to it has shown up.

[Malicious Intent]

The Spanish called the Spanish Flu the French Flu.

In case you have ever wondered.

[MrBag]

Something else in our country to be paranoid about. now we have to watch for suicide bombers and bird shit, besides a terrorist alert system ,, here comes the bird- board..

[Wolfie]

The umbrella stock will go through the roof.

[Wolfie]

This why you should not count your infected chickens and stockpile millions of dollars worth of vaccines until they have hatched:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/...ions/index.html

[CTC Command]

Down in the park, where the chant is "death death death" until the sun cries morning.

just thought i'd add that to the previous commentary.