Financial Times Highlights Pandemic Concerns

Well, it appears that the media frenzy is just beginning. This morning, the FinancialTimes.com published an article on the growing concern for an avian flu pandemic. They quoted the director of the Center for Disease Control, who stated that more needs to be done to prepare the world for this potential pandemic, and that the risk for a pandemic is unusually high.

With the announcement made by U.S. President Bush last week, this is, I’m sure, the first of many more statements by science, business, government, and public policy leaders, as well as the first of many media articles.

If you are interested in reading the full text of the article, please click this link: World 'unprepared' for flu pandemic

If you are concerned by what you’ve read and what you’ve been hearing, please let us know your thoughts.

– Dan Sharp, President, RiSci (Flu Preparedness Team)