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...early bird doesn’t get the flu. That is why countries need to plan and prepare for the possibility of a pandemic, and these plans and preparations should include not just contingency plans but also address the ethical and legal issues beforehand, said professors in a panel at Harvard Law School (HLS) yesterday. Attracting a crowd of around 40 people, three prominent law professors on the panel explored the intersection of law, ethics, and public health in policies to address a public health crisis, such as an avian flu outbreak. David Fidler, a law professor at Indiana University...
...needs to level with the American people about some of the problems we face, he needs to be willing to—and I think Secretary Rice is starting to do this—actually realize there is no unilateral American solution to global terrorism or AIDS or avian flu or global warming. You’re going to have to have a more engaged foreign policy...
...adequately track disease outbreaks; hospitals in almost one third of states weren't prepared to cope with a surge in patients; and 21 states did not have sufficient backup supplies to ventilate even 10 additional patients, never mind the thousands that would be needed in a full-fledged flu pandemic...
...People should not stop at the recommendations to stock up with food and water," says Monica Schoch-Spana, senior associate at the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Biosecurity. "Individuals should be calling the hospitals that they rely on and asking them, do you have a pandemic flu contingency plan in place? People need to start putting more pressure on the institutions that we rely on to protect...
...infrastructure. The real question is how far to push the pace of change--and here Harper is surprisingly, and uncharacteristically, modest. He noted with approval that officials of all three nations have been instructed to develop a cooperative approach to crisis management (including preparation for a possible bird-flu pandemic), collaborate on clean-energy programs and improve coordination on border security. But he also made clear that he wasn't going to rush into the ambitious agenda favored by some Canadian business leaders and academics toward establishing a common tariff and security zone. Instead, he was content...