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Fri Mar-04-05 06:31 PM
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7. Britain stockpiling antiviral drugs. . .Is the U.S. doing anything?

See:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4305813.stm

Excerpt:

Tuesday, 1 March, 2005

Millions of doses of drugs to ward off a flu pandemic are to be stockpiled, the government has announced.

It said without the antiviral drugs an outbreak could kill 50,000 in the UK.

Experts say a pandemic is inevitable and will probably emerge in Asia if bird flu mutates with human flu, creating a highly infectious new virus.

The UK Influenza Pandemic Contingency Plan also includes quarantine measures, as well as arrangements for the emergency services.

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