Good leading article from the front page of the Raleigh paper today on BF and how the state of NC is preparing.
Scary stuff. At least here in NC, the state is preparing and one in three victims would have a ventilator available. Nationwide, the number seems to be more like one in seven.
http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/514902.html
Good secondary report also on the front page on shortages of resources and how triage works.
http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/514895.html
THis may energize some of the locals to make some hurricane-like initial preparations. Probably not enough to get the politicians to dedicate more resources to it, especially when there are more pressing causes, like bridges to nowhere.
Well taken point made that the standard US disaster response of bringing in resouces from unaffected regions to help will not work with pandemic flu.
Mug, if you think the entire articles are worth posting, let me know so that I can cut and paste before it is taken down.
TR
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