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“Cloudy thinking” could lead to catastrophe

World Health Organization officials are worried that the Asian flu could become a dangerous pandemic—unless they start receiving the information they need to track the deadly virus.

Expert perspective: “In spite of the fact that the most affected countries—Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia—do not have the equipment for genetic testing, it is readily available at the international level, ” says Allen Anderson, SPEA professor and public health expert. “Perhaps the lesson from SARS that playing a disease outbreak ‘close to the vest’ can be catastrophic has somehow been forgotten.


The SPEA toolkit: Allen Anderson’s research and teaching is focused on public health, in particular HIV/AIDS control and prevention in the People’s Republic of China, iodine deficiency disorders in China, international health issues.

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Related link:http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050523/full/435407a.html