Get ready for Drive Through Flu Clinics and more....
The "Bird Flu" is in the news again.
Most reports are saying that the U.S. is far behind in its plans for being prepared for this pandemic which will probably mutate to affect a large portion of the world's population in the next few years or sooner...
From a few articles below that I have linked to, a few paragraphs on what officials are saying:
"If the U.S. government does nothing, a deadly global flu outbreak is likely to strike a third of the population, according to the results of a computer simulation published in Thursday's journal Nature."
"The Veterans Affairs Department has developed a medical exam that could be conducted in VA hospital parking lots, with those who suspect they may be infected able to get a quick exam. The program is modeled after a drive-through flu vaccination program conducted last year."
"Federal officials say the first case could show up in the U.S. in the coming weeks or months as birds migrate from overseas!
The article also says that President Bush is expected to approve a national response plan in the the next week or two laying out how agencies should respond if it (the flu) were transmitted to humans."
The article also says that part of this plan assumes a "worst case scenario" that as many as 90 million people in the U.S. would become sick and 2 million would die during this worldwide pandemic.
Some other reports are saying that if this flu mutates and starts affecting humanity in mass that up to one third of the U.S. population could become infected and possibly die.
Most scientists that are studying computer models and forecasts say that there is only enough "tamiflu", which is the drug of choice for fighting this menace right now, to help only about 5 million people. That is about enough protection for one upper sized metropolis...say most of Chicago.
And some bad news for the "weak ones" of our society in the event of this outbreak. The article also says:
"Dr. Anthony Fauci, the National Institutes of Health's infectious disease chief, said in an interview with The Associated Press last week that scientists are debating whether to vaccinate first those most likely to spread the virus, rather than those traditionally first in line for winter flu shots, including the very old, very young and chronically ill. That policy still is under debate, he said."
My thoughts for today on this:
I think we need another "Big News Story" to take people's minds off of all of this. Maybe a full scale military strike against the evil infidels that we call "Iran". Oh wait...that seems like it may happen in the next few days...I sure hope not though!!
It seems that this flu could yet be a major "depopulation event" as I have read about for many months if not the entire past year.
Only a few weeks ago, officials and scientists were saying that the threat of this flu on major population centers was being overexagerated. Is there something that we as a population are not being told about??
An event possibly created by Mother Nature but also possibly helped along by official government responses (or lack there of) to help control the population of the planet which even at this minute in time, is spiraling out of control.
Welcome to population control in the 21st century.
Wouldn't the idea that was brought fourth in the book and movie of the 70's called "Logan's Run" be a better way to deal with population control. For those unfamiliar with that book and movie...the sypnosis was that everyone over 30 years old be "terminated" to make room for the the younger generations and so that the planet could keep a substainable level of recourses for it's peoples.
Hmm....those are my crazy thoughts for today...
Click below for the articles from CNN where most of the quotes and information regarding this post came from:
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/04/26/preventing.pandemic.ap/index.html
CNN.com - Bird flu plan�to include drive-through exams - Apr 17, 2006
Warm Regards to all for a good thursday.
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