Canada's chief public health officer says a global flu pandemic could kill 50,000 Canadians.
"The question of how severe it is, when it comes -- that we don't know," Butler-Jones told The Canadian Press in an interview at the Canadian Public Health Association's annual meeting.
He went on to say that a flu pandemic might infect 30 to 40 per cent of the population during flu season, compared with the usual level of about five per cent.
Having so many people sick at the same time, he said, would have major economic and social impacts.
Public Health Minister Carolyn Bennett, who was also attending the conference, said Canada has adequate stocks of flu vaccine if such an emergency were to occur.
Except for the fact that once people have this flu, a vaccine is useless. Wasn't the point of this warning "one day this will happen regardless".
Which leaves us with the question? Is our health minister severely retarded, or is it just that a life in politics hyper trains an individual to just shit out the "oh we got it all under control" rhetoric.
Jesus, I feel like Willingdon Black posting my wry political commentary on a blog tucked away in the corner of cyberspace.
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I wonder what WB would have to say about the blog medium evolving sufficiently to allow for high-quality specialisation. Perhaps something wry?
Such errant puffery would most likely be unworthy of WB's razor attack. Good old Lester boy is just pushing a product. WB fights the good fight, in an effort to better society.
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