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Bush seeks $7.1 billion to prepare for avian flu.(George W. Bush)
Byline: Jeremy Manier and Bruce Japsen
By asking Congress for $7.1 billion to prepare for the possibility of a flu pandemic, President Bush is setting up a grand experiment in the fight against lethal flu strains.
The plan, which Bush outlined Tuesday, would take years to implement and may be of most immediate benefit to drug companies that make flu vaccines.
His proposals include lawsuit protections for vaccine-makers, in addition to $2.8 billion for corporate research into ways of making vaccines more quickly after a new strain emerges. Bush also would spend billions to build national stockpiles of an experimental vaccine and anti-viral drugs that might help treat the disease. White House aides said it's unclear when the anti-viral supplies would be ready, though they hope the vaccine stockpile will be done by 2009.
The administration and congressional leaders have stepped up preparedness measures recently as a strain of bird flu has spread through Asia and Europe. The deadly virus cannot yet spread from person to person, but experts say it could mutate to acquire that ability, which could spark a pandemic.
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