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10-09-2006, 11:08 AM
Based on historic precedent, a flu pandemic could circle the globe for 18 months.
During that time, individual communities such as Fort Wayne might experience three separate outbreaks, each lasting six to eight weeks. An estimated 40 percent of the workforce might be absent – either sick or caring for sick family.
Those assumptions form the bedrock of local planning and public preparation efforts by the Fort Wayne-Allen County Health Department that includes a campaign beginning this month to get consumers to stock up on everything from decongestants to canned goods and toilet paper.
Public urged to stock up on items in case of pandemic (http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/business/15653154.htm)
See also: Be a Flu Fighter! (http://www.fighttheflu.org/)
During that time, individual communities such as Fort Wayne might experience three separate outbreaks, each lasting six to eight weeks. An estimated 40 percent of the workforce might be absent – either sick or caring for sick family.
Those assumptions form the bedrock of local planning and public preparation efforts by the Fort Wayne-Allen County Health Department that includes a campaign beginning this month to get consumers to stock up on everything from decongestants to canned goods and toilet paper.
Public urged to stock up on items in case of pandemic (http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/business/15653154.htm)
See also: Be a Flu Fighter! (http://www.fighttheflu.org/)