It has been shown time and again with instances of transmittable diseases (such as SARS in Toronto) that if we have a plan and are clam then we could keep the number of infections down. |
This is not a conference set up just for public health officials. It (the summit) is really aimed for people in government, hospitals in industry to learn how to handle a flu pandemic as a community. |
With the way the avian flu is spreading in Turkey we don't know what it may do when it reaches the United States. |