Bird Flu - 2 million deaths in USA expected says White House

2 million deaths in USA expected + severe disruption - The White House has announced new plans for how the U.S. government
will prepare for the possibility that avian influenza will become
easily transmissible among humans and spur a pandemic that could kill
as many as two million Americans. White House security advisor Frances Townsend says Washington is not
ruling out banning or quarantining flights from avian flu hotspots.
(Ron Edmonds/AP)

In that worst-case scenario, the report said, 30 per cent of all
Americans could come down with the disease - for a total of 50 million
cases. As well, 40 per cent of the U.S. workforce could be off the job for weeks at a time because of illness or quarantines.............More

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