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...Quite a bit would have to go wrong before it came to that. Even if the virus, H5N1, mutates into a strain that can jump from person to person, it's not inevitable that it will make it into Australia from Southeast Asia, says CMO Horvath, chairman of the National Influenza Pandemic Action Committee (NIPAC). It's likely the first cases of person-to-person transmission in Asia would occur in clusters, where local authorities, working alongside the World Health Organization and AusAID, would try to contain the virus by quarantining the sick and giving them - and those...
...then, however, a carrier might have slipped into the country, at which point the challenge for Australian authorities would start in earnest. Theoretically, Horvath could assume extraordinary powers by invoking the Quarantine Act. But the CMO says he would advise government leaders on closing schools and canceling sporting events in an attempt to control the virus' spread, and on distributing antivirals from the country's stockpile of 4 million doses. That sounds like a lot of antivirals - and per capita only Finland has more - but it would be "woefully inadequate" if the bug were rampant, says Peter Curson, director...
...Australia - about a 10% chance, according to government assessments - then it's more likely to happen within months than weeks, Horvath says. As to when the threat will be deemed over and people can get back to worrying about more mundane crises, "I have no idea," the CMO says. "But my colleagues in the (veterinary) world don't think this threat is going to abate in the foreseeable future." In the case of an avian-flu pandemic, it's unlikely that the waiting would be the worst part...
...coordinate the translation of, say, monthly updates to a website and provide assurance that the results will not inadvertently offend. They also provide "content management," maintaining databases of clients' translated material so that only the updates are sent out for conversion. That saves clients money. And, says BGS CMO Plumley, "it's what provides consistency and speed...
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