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  • Many Md. health staff would flee if flu hit

    04/18/2006 9:31:33 AM PDT · by NativeNewYorker · 11 replies · 375+ views
    upi via email no link | 4/18/6
    BALTIMORE, April 18 (UPI) -- Some 46.2 percent of Maryland public health workers say they likely would not report for work if there were a pandemic flu outbreak, a study concludes. Those who would stay home rather than report to their public health jobs are primarily clerical and support staff members who do not consider their roles crucial in fighting a flu outbreak, the study by John Hopkins and Ben-Gurion universities concludes. "The people who answer the telephones are on the front lines of risk communication," study co-author Daniel Barnett told USA Today. Health officials need to make it clear...