A Session for the Birds!
Just like every Sunday morning, three days ago I was rounding up my family to scoot out the door (“we have five minutes before we’re late!”). Despite my destination goal and the time on the clock, something made me stop in my tracks. After Tim Russert signed off of Meet the Press for the week, an ad for avian flu came on the screen. The PSA encouraged viewers to visit www.pandemicflu.gov to get the latest news on the status of this virus. Interesting timing, I thought, since Christopher Simpson and I are hosting a webinar on planning for avian flu later this month.
Out of curiosity I visited the site today. A tab along the top of the page is labeled “School Planning” and provides checklists for rating institutional preparedness. The checklists, in addition to our webinar, will ensure that your institution will be prepared should pandemic flu hit.