World must prepare for the worst, expert warns (http://torontosun.com/News/World/2006/11/07/pf-2264961.html)
By KEVIN CONNOR, TORONTO SUN
Bird flu may no longer make huge headlines but a killer pandemic is on the way and the world has to be prepared for the worst, an expert told a health conference yesterday.
Today, the H5N1 virus isn't readily transmitted to humans, Dr. Michael Osterholm, director at the Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, told the Ontario Hospital Association conference.
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"We have to worry about the next one that can make the jump (to humans)," Osterholm said.
"We don't know when or how bad the mortality will be, but a pandemic influenza is going to happen and it's going to be tough," he said.
1 BILLION COULD DIE
"I can't say what strain it will be, but I wouldn't bet my family's life that it won't be H5N1," Osterholm said.
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Some experts predict the next pandemic could kill more than one billion people. The current influenza technology represents technology from the 1950s and the results are disappointing, Osterholm said.
If the fight is against a new influenza strain, a vaccine wouldn't be ready for six months and then it would be limited for the duration of the outbreak, he said.
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We need to prepare by developing a vaccine against the best bet - the H5N1 just as countries but as a world, said the University of Minnesotas Osterholm.
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"We don't know which will emerge as the pandemic strain," Osterholm said.
An outbreak won't be anything like a natural disaster such as Hurricane Katrina, where other areas can send relief.
'IN THE SAME SOUP'
"We will all be in the same soup "... no military troops will come in to help," he said.
To do nothing to battle the next pandemic is unacceptable, but to promise protection against an outbreak is irresponsible, Osterholm said.
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What the world needs is a pandemic of truth-telling. If only Mr. Osterholm could infect others with his courage to "tell it like it is"...
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