Bird Flu Pandemic

In the event of a pandemic, international flights may be cancelled thus making traveling abroad very difficult. This has severe economic implications for the world economy. International business may be limited due to import restrictions aimed at reducing the spread of this pathogen. Quarantines may be initiated once evidence of viral mutation facilitating human to human transmission of avian influenza is established. Attempts to limit travel of people to areas with documented H5N1 outbreaks will cause disruptions. Governments will respond to a Avian Influenza pandemic by imposing various public health measures that restrict domestic travel and movement of goods.

Citizens are requested to begin stockpiling food, fuel, and other essential supplies as their availability cannot be guaranteed in a catastrophe. There may arise a need to ration basic supplies as well as limit unnecessary travel. Relocation to regions of low population density will improve your survival rate, as well as reduce your dependence on scarce resources.

To illustrate the impact of bird flu, the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 was a lot less deadly. This Spanish flu killed 50-100 million people, approx 1.4% of those infected. This is more people than died in WWI & WWII combined. The Bird Flu is currently killing 70-80% of the people who get it, up from 50% last year. It has progressively grown more virulent.

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