The threat of avian flu

According to the Times of 8 May 2006 Navhind, unprepared for bird flu pandemic in the United States. A fact that the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt admitted.
Bird flu or avian influenza virus H5N1 has not yet been found in North America, but experts believe that there is only a matter of time before crossing from Asia to Europe and Africa. There can be only a matter of months in advance!
The U.S. already has $ 1000000000 in value of contracts to be awardedfive drug candidates for the development of a vaccine. The White House has an action plan for the pandemic, amid fears that a pandemic is to kill up to two million Americans to address the causes of economic chaos.
The United States and the European Union will have to fight to hold talks in Vienna on 6-7 June to evaluate the action plans for implementation of the avian influenza crisis and will cover progress in the development of vaccines.
Vaccine development and production has been a priority of President George Bush, "National DownStrategy for Pandemic Influenza. "
206 people worldwide have died of the H5N1 virus of which 113 have been infected more than 50 percent, according to World Health Organization. Mr. Leavitt against the H5N1 virus, the 1918-1919 influenza epidemic, which killed 50 million people around the world had.
The Bush administration has released the bird flu response plan as a "pandemic influenza" strategies that the government, businesses and citizens to take shape incasedeadly strain reached the coast of the United States. The military would be asked to contribute.
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said that before the military for transportation of relief goods of military aircraft, medical surveillance, scientific research and testing in foreign countries, the distribution of drugs and provision of emergency medical equipment The communication support for hospitals, pharmacies place, the police and other civic humanitarian agencies. The U.S. military also used to be quarantinedSupport and / or used in an appropriate situation. This would reduce the need for troops overseas.
United States is trying to slow down for the long-term action plans and methods to control the spread of the virus to limit medical care and quite critical, if not stop this chaos inevitable. The government has given with the same gear against the worst-case scenario of nearly 2 million deaths from this deadly virus.
Until now, only oseltamivir, or Tamiflu, the only drug known to reduce the severityand the duration of the disease within 48 hours of symptom onset. This can be done, the chances of survival, but clinical data regarding this, and until further research is all the help we have now limited. So let's see your hands dirty around the world and seek solutions to a situation that seems more powerful to fight us!

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