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Article: The deadly plague returns to America: the Pandemic Scenario: a mutated flu virus strain cripples the United States in a global pandemic. Employers struggle to function as a third of their personnel succumb to this virulent new bug.(Top 10 risks: pandemic)
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- Risk & Insurance
- Article date:
- April 15, 2004
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The Hypothetical Scenario:
Over several years, clusters of cases of a deadly new strain of flu, designated A(H5N1), have been reported in Vietnam, Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia. The flu strain is caught from chickens. It's particularly deadly--more than a third of its victims die--and most of the initial victims are children. There are no recorded cases of this strain of the flu being passed from one person to another--the only transmission path is from inhaling particles from birds, mainly chickens. Public health measures include the slaughter of infected flocks.
During the month of December four cases that appear different are identified ...