bird flu
Bird Flu Risk
The good news is that the last major global pandemic high death rate was caused most by secondary bacteria infections. Today we have many antibiotics that can treat those secondary infections. The bad news is that many more cities are cities population is Decker. Also global travel would speed up the process of world infection from weeks and months to days and hours. Avian Influenza may have similarities to the 1918 flu that 20 to 100 million people died depending on estimating resource including More soldier died of flu then battle field casualties during world war I. Over 500,000 Americans died of the 1918 influenza pandemic. The onset was very quickly killing over 10,000 per week in some American Cities. The 1917 pandemic may provide important information on preparing for a potential bird flu also know as avian influenza pandemic. The pandemic affect the young and healthy adults at higher death rate then usually seen in typical flu.

Pandemic Flu Updates
HHS Secretary Leavitt Visits Southeast Asia to Advance Product Safety and ...
15 Apr 2008 at 6:00pm
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt is visiting Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam to advance the administration?s efforts to improve the safety of imports, and to review cooperative efforts to reduce the spread of disease, including HIV/AIDS and highly pathanogenic avian influenza.
Human-to-Human Transmission Likely in Pakistan Outbreak
3 Mar 2008 at 10:20pm
Two additional H5N1 cases were confirmed by serological testing, thus providing final H5N1 infection test results on a previously reported family cluster in Peshawar.
Secretary Leavitt Writes About Pandemic Exercise With Bloggers
20 Mar 2008 at 5:20pm
We routinely hold readiness exercises at HHS on various emergency scenarios. Typically, people from various parts of the emergency management community sit around a square table, and a moderator paints a picture of a disaster unfolding. It is like a reader?s theater. As events are described, each actor assumes their part, describing what they are thinking and doing to respond.
HHS Releases Pandemic Planning Update V Report
19 Mar 2008 at 5:20pm
HHS Releases Pandemic Planning Update V Report
U.N. Group Warns Indonesia Situation Critical
18 Mar 2008 at 5:20pm
U.N. Group Warns Indonesia Situation Critical