Okay, so the government has a plan for the dreaded bird flu that is coming. It is a $7.1 billion dollar plan but where is this money coming from? Who knows? Maybe the bird flu is just the newest Y2K problem that will not entirely materialize, that's what I'm hoping for. So it goes
The plan lists more than 300 recommendations including:
People in the workplace should stay three feet apart and avoid face-to-face contact;
College and university dorms would be used to quarantine the sick;
Infected people should voluntarily quarantine themselves, and quarantine would be mandatory in the most extreme cases; and
Flight crews should have facemasks on board to put on coughing travellers.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
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According to the CDC the spread of avian influenza viruses from one ill person to another has been reported very rarely, and transmission has not been observed to continue beyond one person.
So, yes this is the next Y2K scare tactic. Well, unless you have friends who roll around in secretions or excretions from infected birds. If that is true then maybe you need new friends!
Thanks fundy, I usually stay away from excretions of all sorts.
Well thats good to know!
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