Financial Sector Seriously Plans for Pandemic An article on the federal exercise in planning for pandemic for the critically important financial sector,...
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Trachs, I am just not happy with anything that will expose me to respiratory secretions unless I am masked. If I have patients that do not cover their coughs, and this happens often enough in LTC,...
Ordinary citizens can help become part of the solution at organizations such as this one: http://www.citizencorps.com/ There seems to be more helpful information aimed at preparing the public for a...
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Reprinted with permission of Effect Measure The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners. Paul Revere was a member of the first local Board of Health in the...
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Here are two excellent essays from Scott McPherson. Scott is the CIO of the Florida House of Representatives He writes and lectures about avian influenza. He does a good job of explaining...
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Human Serum for Bird Flu? http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2007/10/human-serum-for-bird-flu.html Indonesian Bird Flu Vaccine Is Ready for Use This vaccine was developed thru a deal with Baxter Labs...
http://www.senate.gov/~gov_affairs/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=486 U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government...
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The Problem with Tamiflu The alarming result from a Swedish study on the use of Tamiflu, and the subsequent impact on the environment, is raising the level of concern about the mass use of this drug...
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Surprise from Indonesia You just never know what the Indonesians are going to either say, do or withold next. It's a toss up as to which country is less transparent about health issues, China or...
U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration Title: Pandemic Influenza: State and Local...
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Canada What is wrong with this picture. If I lived in Canada, I would be very, very concerned. http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2007/10/canada-need-cle.html Via the Globe and Mail: Need cleanup...
Senate Hearing Reminder http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2007/10/senate-hearing-reminder.html UPDATE after the hearing Did anyone get a chance to hear or see this today? It will probably be archived....
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Will Hold Hearings on Pandemic Issues. Can be viewed live on the web: http://www.senate.gov/~gov_affairs/...
Just reading this thread has been an education. The world is really different now. I think that some of us older nurses are having a difficult time realizing this. Thank you to all of the youngsters...
I suggest pulling up the link and taking a look at some of the supplements attached to this document from a county health dept in Florida. Florida has opted out of the federal Tamiflu stockpile plan,...
At first, I was shocked that it was middle schoolers you were talking about. But, the more I think about it... Reality check, yes, some of them are already engaging in sexual behaviors without benefit...
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I know that also. I do not expect a response most of the time. This is not really about responding. It is about providing information to facilitate awareness, and change, one person at a time, if...
I had to close the other panflu thread as it was way too long, and becoming unreadable. I am starting this one with info on the agenda of this meeting tomorrow in Congress. I am linking to...
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H5N1, It's Not Ordinary Influenza Avian Flu Diary commentary on information obtained thru autopsy of H5N1 victims. What happens to these people is horrific. It really is not at all like seasonal...