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What could happen say the news from WASHINGTON – Two million dead. Hospitals overwhelmed. Schools closed. Swaths of empty seats at baseball stadiums and houses of worship. An economic recovery snuffed out. We're nowhere close to what government planners say would be a worst-case scenario: a global flu pandemic. But government leaders at all levels, and major employers, have spent nearly four years planning for one in series of exercises. Their reports, reviewed by The Associated Press, and interviews with participants paint a grim picture of what could happen if the swine flu gets severely out of control. A full-scale pandemic — if it ever comes — could be expected to claim the lives of about 2 percent of those infected, about 2 million Americans. The government estimates that a pandemic like the 1918 Spanish flu would sicken 90 million Americans, or about 30 percent of the population. Of those, nearly 10 million would have to be admitted to a hospital, and nearly 1.5 million would need intensive care. About 750,000 would need the help of mechanical ventilators to keep breathing. No one would be immune from the consequences, even those who don't get sick, according to worst-case exercises run by local and national agencies. Schools would be closed to try to block the spread of illness, for example, but school buses might be used to take flu victims to alternative clinics rather than overcrowded hospitals. A 2006 report on the Washington region found both Maryland and Virginia would run out of hospital beds within two weeks of a moderate outbreak. People who got sick would be isolated, and their relatives could be quarantined. But even if families weren't required to stay home, many would do so to take care of sick relatives, or because they were afraid of getting sick themselves. Hotels, restaurants and airlines would face loss of business as business travel and meetings would be replaced by teleconferences. In the cities, commuters who do go to work might bike or walk instead of using mass transit. People would avoid movie theaters and rent DVDs instead. In 1918, authorities even called on churches to cancel services, to the chagrin of some pastors. Society as a whole would go into a defensive crouch, and that would deliver a shock to the economy. The Trust for America's Health, an independent public health group, estimated in 2007 that a severe pandemic would shrink U.S. output by about 5.5 percent. Take a breath. Even if the new swine flu from Mexico turns out to be especially aggressive, the worst consequences could be averted. Although some states are less prepared than others, the nation has made strides in stockpiling antiviral medicines, speeding the production of vaccines and laying down basic public health guidelines. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday that the U.S. is preparing as if the swine flu outbreak were a full pandemic. It is not at that stage and may never reach it. Disease detectives are following a series of outbreaks, of varying severity, all of which appear to be related to Mexico. A pandemic would spread throughout the world with explosive speed. The government got serious about worst-case planning during the 2005 bird flu scare, as the lessons of Hurricane Katrina loomed large. "We have a playbook that was developed and is being followed," said Michael Leavitt, who as secretary of Health and Human Services oversaw pandemic planning for President George W. Bush. "It's a substantially better picture than what we faced three years ago."
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Worst case scenario underlies US pandemic plan on http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_go_ot/us_med_swine_flu_worst_case |
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A researcher says what could cause this global flu pandemic is a man made one, cause by Waste put in the food chain one is Aluminum poisoning that has been put in the Swaths feed at the feed industry and has been in the plans of the forefathers of the Communist party that they used back in 1935 against the U.S g35 2/27 341-342; g35 7/3 631-632; g35 9/11 793-794; g30 10/15 50
The Soviets did create a man made Armageddon by puting waste in the food chain and water supplies *** g01 4/22 p. 8 A Focus of the Soviet Attack ***The Soviets produced the film Armageddon (one way was to use waste just like they did with their own people in the own country one waste was Alum) *** dx30-85 Aluminum *** ( that cause millions of lifes to be losted each year. Today take a look at the feed of your lifestock and take a look at your food. *** g82 6/8 p. 27 Pickles to Please Your Palate ***Alum is often added to pickles to keep them crisp, but grape leaves will serve the same purpose. A researcher says what could cause this global flu pandemic is a man made one, cause by Waste put in the food chain one is Aluminum poisoning that has been put in the Swaths feed at the feed industry and has been in the plans of the forefathers of the Communist party that they used back in 1935 against the U.S
The Soviet invisible attack is on the seen today just like in the year 1935 with waste, put in the food, feed ,water, and medication. The communist party loves to seek glory and prove that there is no God, by glory seekers and yes men, Ps.94:4 to created nations who hates God. |
