BIRD FLU AND WHERE TO GET INFO
Want to learn about Bird Flu? Want to get up to date information from experts? Believe it or not some top scientists are giving the stamp of approval to Flu Wiki. An article in the health section of CNN explains what Flu Wiki is and what people have had to say about it.Flu Wiki, which averages up to 5,000 hits a day, impressed some flu experts who examined it recently at the request of The Associated Press.
Dr. Arnold S. Monto of the University of Michigan said he found the site's information reliable in general. Such sites can provide "a single place for people to go who want to get information which they may have to troll for in some of the official sites," he said.
The site's creator is a Virginia resident who has stocked water and supplies for two weeks in case of a hurricane and is now planning on increasing her supply should a pandemic occur. She says her goal:
"is to help individuals and local communities prepare for a possible pandemic, she said.
But at the moment, she doesn't see much local planning going on. "I'm not sure my town council is even aware of pandemic influenza," she said."
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