Company warned officials of flu 18 days before alert was issued

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Company warned officials of flu 18 days before alert was issued
By LES BLUMENTHAL
McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON -- A Washington state biosurveillance firm raised the first warning about a possible outbreak of swine flu in Mexico more than two weeks before the World Health Organization offered its initial alert about a public health emergency of international concern.

Both federal and international health officials had access to the warning from Veratect Corp. Later e-mails calling attention to the company's subsequent report that the disease was possibly spreading in Mexico were sent to 10 officials of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Robert Hart, the company's chief executive.

Hart said he wasn't sure why health officials didn't act sooner.

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[TAB]

yet more proof the the private sector is much better then the public... why the hell we have not taped them for help is beyond me.  Most other countrys do

[tombogan03884]

yet more proof the the private sector is much better then the public... why the hell we have not taped them for help is beyond me.  Most other countrys do

The socialist a$$holes are nationalizing banking and the auto industry and trying to nationalize healthcare and you can't figure out why they don't turn to the private sector ?

Trust me TAB, It's for the children.