Pandemic Flu or H5N1 influenza

Pandemic Flu or H5N1 influenza

News and web info about the risk of pandemic flu outbreaks such as avian flu or h5n1 influenza.

CDC Chief Warns Pandemic Flu Is Coming

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During a a national conference Thursday Dr. Julie Gerberding director of the CDC says "ready or not, a flu pandemic is coming."

"No one knows when the pandemic is coming or what strain of flu virus will cause it, but it is overdue", she said.

She was also correct in her statement in which she said, "politicians are not talking about a flu pandemic or the bird flu virus, which may or may not be the virus that causes the next pandemic. No one is talking about it, and it’s not on their radar screen.”

At the conference she also made mention that critical products and services including food, and water and basic drugs will be unavailable due to transportation and energy problems.


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