H5n1

[4th Horseman]

Some more wonderful news.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Half a million Americans could die and more than 2 million could end up in the hospital with serious complications if an even moderately severe strain of a pandemic flu hits, a report predicted on Friday.

"The U.S. has not adequately planned for the disruption a flu pandemic could cause to the economy, daily life, food and supply distributions, or homeland security," the Trust's report reads.

"The U.S. lags in pandemic preparations compared to Great Britain and Canada based on an examination of leadership, vaccine development, vaccine and antiviral planning, health care system surge capacity planning, coordination between public and private sectors, and emergency communications planning."

The Trust said more could be done to prepare now, including setting up plans to track an outbreak, stockpile antiviral drugs and other medical supplies and set up communications.

The Trust??? does that sound familiar??

[Raven Wolf]

That's just creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Darth Paul]

It seems we hear this a lot lately. What worries me is that one day we aren't going to take it seriously. It's kind of like the elevated terror threats. We see it so much now that we don't remain vigilant anymore. One day it's going to bite us on the backside.