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Flu pandemic
McGill University Montreal, Canada; Email: martin.dawes@mcgill.ca
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A flu pandemic is inevitable. What is not known is how many will be affected, and when it will happen. We are currently in pandemic alert period phase three of the six international phases for a pandemic outlined by the World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/phase/en/index.html). Once cases begin to occur in each country it will take only a few