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  • Administration mobilizes to prepare U.S. for possible pandemic

    10/16/2005 6:13:36 PM PDT · by mdittmar · 28 replies · 981+ views
    http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/12914692.htm ^ | Sun, Oct. 16, 2005 | Jonathan S. Landay Knight Ridder Newspapers
    WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is scrambling to prepare the nation for a possible global rampage by a new flu germ that it fears could kill nearly 2 million Americans, sicken tens of millions more and shatter the economy. The key question is how much preparation can be done before a calamity strikes that, in a worst-case scenario, could make the health system collapse; overwhelm morgues; close schools, airports and harbors; end public gatherings; require strict quarantines; and cripple businesses and vital public services by mass absenteeism. "You're looking at a nation-busting event," warned Tara O'Toole, director of the Center...