Americans ask where's the money coming from for bird flu preparedness

I've just come across this article from "Capitol Watch" Thursday, February 23, 2006
"Capitol Watch: Planning for flu
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD
Epidemiologists have raised the specter of a globe-swarming outbreak, a pandemic, possibly spurred by a cross-species jump of the bird flu to humans. Researchers have found a link between a bird flu variant and the 1918 illness that killed 40 million people worldwide."http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/260458_pandemiced.html