Sunday, October 21, 2007

US Companies Prepare for Possible Avian Flu Pandemic

The US Treasury ran a computer-simulated program to simulate the effects of an avian flu pandemic on the US economy. More than 2,500 insurance companies and banks participated. They talked about it on NPR:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15492093

Crazy that a virus could put the entire global economy in danger.

-Elizabeth

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