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U.S. flu pandemic plan highlights local response.(Clinical Rounds)

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| October 01, 2004 | Sullivan, Michele G. | COPYRIGHT 2009 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The United States should prepare now for the next influenza pandemic, which may be caused by a mutation of the avian flu viruses that now appear endemic in some parts of Asia and Europe, federal officials have said.

Before the next pandemic occurs, the country should generate plans for fast-tracking vaccine development, rationing vaccine and antiviral drugs, and limiting disease spread by restrictions on travel, schools, and public gatherings, according to the federal Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan.

The Department of Health and Human Services, which released the plan in draft format, is seeking comment on the proposed strategy through the end of this month.

Although HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson called the plan a "roadmap on how we as a nation ... respond to the next pandemic influenza outbreak," it offers few solutions for the problems it lists. Instead, it calls upon localities and individual health care systems to develop strategies to mount an effective response to a pandemic.

The plan predicts that an influenza pandemic could kill more than 200,000 Americans, and cause illness in many…

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