Yehchttttt - ditto using the blankets (most likely never washed).
El Pasoans could wait weeks for medicine in bioterrism attack
If something like an anthrax attack or the Pandemic flu hits El Paso, El Pasos Bioterrorism Pan Demic Flu Preparedness Program said it will be mass chaos. The city's department of health will have enough medicine to treat people, but the department said it needs more than 2,000 extra volunteers to give out medicine. As of now the department has about 450 volunteers. At that rate people will be waiting for a long time to get medicine they need.
It would take about three weeks to mass medicate all of El Paso if something were to happen tomorrow or today, said Strategic National Stockpile planner Rosalinda Hortsman.
New York City battles feds for bio-terror sensors
A new generation of early warning sensors for biological terrorism is proving to be controversial in New York City, as city officials battle with the federal government over the number of sensors.
City officials want more of the units, which cost $100,000 each. But officials with the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C., which funds 90 percent of the units' cost, say they prefer to wait for even newer technology, saying the government wants "accurate and affordable" bioterrorism protection for all cities.
Medical alert response by agencies dangerously slow
How fast do public health departments nationwide respond to medical practitioners' alerts that a patient has a serious infectious disease such as smallpox or meningitis? Or to a doctor who thinks he's seeing the first symptoms of anthrax from bioterrorism?
Not very. In fact, the average response time could be dangerously slow, according to a new study from the Rand Corp.
Researchers found that only one-third of the 74 participating agencies consistently connected the reporting doctors or nurses with a qualified action officer, such as a public health nurse or epidemiologist, within 30 minutes.
Ick, my girlfriend emailed me the hotel drinking glasses article. Yuck!