Bird flu poll of USA

According to a recent poll: 60% of Americans are worried about bird flu
ATLANTA (AP) — Nearly 60% of Americans are concerned about bird flu, but fewer than one-third think it will show up in the United States this year, according to a new poll.Read full story in USA Today.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-02-23-bird-flu-poll_x.htm

Pandemic Watch

Pandemic Watch

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