Avian Flu: EU = "Don't Panic," UK = "Panic"
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Competing headlines from Europe over the avian flu:
The Eurocrats take the Hitchhiker's Guide approach:
In any event, my guess is that the optimal policy is somewhere in between these two extremes. My guess is also that our government will screw up just as badly, if not worse, than its transatlantic counterparts.
More thoughts at Marginal Revolution.
The Eurocrats take the Hitchhiker's Guide approach:
Europeans should not panic about bird flu as there is only a slight risk of humans contracting it and there is no immediate threat of a pandemic, a European Union disease prevention agency said on Wednesday.Britain, meanwhile, thinks that attitude is for the birds:
The Government will buy enough bird flu vaccine to cover the entire UK population as soon as any pandemic emerges.Isn't the whole problem with flu vaccine that it can't be manufactured in time to prevent a pandemic?
Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson said 120 million doses -- the equivalent of two per person -- would be needed.
In any event, my guess is that the optimal policy is somewhere in between these two extremes. My guess is also that our government will screw up just as badly, if not worse, than its transatlantic counterparts.
More thoughts at Marginal Revolution.
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19 October 2005
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