Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Video: Are We Prepared For Bird Flu?

 

# 678

 

The Council on Foreign Relations held a live Webcast last week, and now the video is available for those who missed it.  I strongly encourage anyone with a broadband (fast) Internet connection to take an hour and watch this presentation.

 

The  entire panel is first class, but Dr. Michael Osterholm, the director of CIDRAP, proves once again that he is perhaps the finest spokesperson out there on pandemic preparedness today.  

 

 

Is the Bird Flu Threat Still Real and Are We Prepared? (Video)

Speakers:

Bruce Gellin, Director, National Vaccine Program Office, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Michael T. Osterholm, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy; Professor, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota; Author, "Unprepared for a Pandemic" (Foreign Affairs, March/April 2007)

Presider:
Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations