THE NEWS MEDIA WAKES UP


Wyoming, be ready for the flu
Gov. Dave Freudenthal and Michael Leavitt, U.S. secretary of health and human services, urged preparation at the Wyoming Pandemic Flu Summit.

By Jennifer Frazer
rep8@wyomingnews.com
Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle

CHEYENNE - The governor of Wyoming and the U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services shared a united message at the Wyoming Pandemic Flu Summit Friday: Be prepared.

They would like this motto to be impressed on every mind and reflected in the pantries, medicine chests and supply closets of every Wyomingite. . . .



Finally . . . a state that gets it. I would urge everyone to read the entire article at:

http://tinyurl.com/p958p

This newspaper article is the most honest evaluation of what a pandemic might bring that I've seen to date. And no . . . it is not a worst case scenario.

We need more news articles like this. More awareness. And much more preparation. And yes, time.

We gonna need all we can get.