panflu - what next? - open space

[Cheryl Honey]

Lucas:

I appreciate your enthusiasm and your depth of understanding of the
potential impact the Avian Flu will have on society. I concur with your call
to action and I am instigating preparedness and response efforts at the
grass roots using OS to combat and raise awareness of the social and
economic impacts as well as educate public on steps to prepare and how to
respond to an outbreak of the Avian Flu.

Keep up your good works on behalf of humanity.

Cheryl Honey, C.P.P.
Community Weaver
Family Support Network
206.240.2241



----- Original Message -----
From: "Lucas Gonzalez" <lgs0a at yahoo.es>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 3:09 AM
Subject: Re: panflu - what next? - open space


> Funda (and all),
>
> I think I missed your message due to dates - sorry.
>
> The issue is *not* birds.  Poultry and farmers are important, but one
> does have to select priorities and we all do that.
>
> The issue IS preparation for a pandemic (="global epidemic", more or
> less simultaneous and lasting all in all about 6-12 months, with
> possibly some other waves after that) IN HUMANS.  If or when that
> happens, no-one will care about birds because we will be much more
> likely to get flu the usual way: through humans.  And it would be a new
> flu, more infectious and - sorry if this doesn't sound positive -
> deadly and disruptive.
>
> That's the worst case scenario.  There's no need to prepare for the
> best.
>
> That preparation has to be local because one of the effects of a
> pandemic, or so it is feared, would be a reduction in travelling, both
> global and local.  For a number of weeks in each place, people might be
> afraid, with reason, to go shopping.  In each place, we'd probably
> receive the impact of the epidemic in other places: you want tourists
> or food or car pieces from here?  Sorry, we're in a mess!
>
> It's difficult to imagine and so I hope I'm wrong.  Please share your
> reasons for NOT fearing this!
>
> Harrison wrote a story about how to organise meals for 8 million people
> (possibly thinking about New York City a number of years ago?).  The
> answer to "how do we organise that" was self-organisation.
>
> How do we facilitate self-organisation for such a thing as a pandemic
> IN HUMANS that may or may not come, but which calls for preparedness?
>
> Anyone of us can look for the preparedness plan (or lack of it) in each
> country where we happen to live, at
> http://www.fluwikie.com/index.php?n=Geographic.WorldRegionalServices
>
> And still, it's feared that what govs do won't matter all that much in
> the end.  Or even be part of the problem in a few places?
>
> Lucas
>
>  --- Funda Oral <fundaoral at ttnet.net.tr> escribió:
>
> > Lucas, i heard on TV the other day. This came to Turkey. Many birds
> > have
> > been killed
> > for this reason at Balikesir ( this city is 4 hrs far from istanbul)
> >
> > I personally don't have time to deal with this issue although i don't
> > deny
> > its importance.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Funda
> >
> >  ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lucas Gonzalez" <lgs0a at yahoo.es>
> > To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 12:45 PM
> > Subject: panflu - what next? - open space
> >
> >
> > > http://www.fluwikie.com/index.php?n=Main.TourLevelI  ... short,
> > clear.
> > > http://www.psandman.com/col/panflu3.htm  ... long, you'll all like
> > it.
> > >
> > > There may not be action within the oslist, but I do want to share
> > with
> > > you the above links so whoever is interested may stir things up
> > > locally.
> > >
> > > Pass it on, too, if you're so inclined.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Lucas
> > >
> > >
> > >
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