Flu Wiki, an online "public health experiment," emerges to facilitate and encourage local responses to a global avian flu pandemic
Etopia Media Medical News Network #103/ Tamiflu® World #5
Los Angeles, California
October 16, 2005
By Marc Strassman
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Why not harness the power of the Internet and of countless individuals to prepare for an H5N1-generated avian influenza ("bird flu") pandemic?
This is the idea behind "Flu Wiki," just such a grass-roots effort.
According to the "About the FluWiki" web page:
The purpose of the Flu Wiki is to help local communities prepare for and perhaps cope with a possible influenza pandemic. This is a task previously ceded to local, state and national governmental public health agencies. Our goal is to be:
* a reliable source of information, as neutral as possible, about important facts useful for a public health approach to pandemic influenza
* a venue for anticipating the vast range of problems that may arise if a pandemic does occur
* a venue for thinking about implementable solutions to foreseeable problems
Learn more by visiting the Flu Wiki web site by clicking here.