Mexico City students return to school during the swine flu outbreak in May.
It doesn’t take a severe pandemic — or even much of a disease outbreak — to overwhelm America’s public health system.
That’s an important lesson highlighted in a pair…
The three most alarming words in medicine are these: “We don’t know.” They’ve been invoked frequently in connection with an outbreak of swine flu over the last four days.
It began in Mexico, where thousands of people have been sickened and reportedly…
“I realize that pandemic planning is an unpleasant — even scary — topic that most of us don’t consider the best luncheon chat. . . . Nevertheless, I am compelled to educate you on the facts.”
Just after noon one Thursday last…
