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By Susan Anspach
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
“We’re due for a pandemic. •Avian influenza could be it,” said Kathy Hatter, emergency planner for the Rappahannock-Rapid an Health District, which includes Rappahannock County. “And we know when it comes it will be no small matter.”
Hatter, who organizes a district-wide emergency task force, isn’t trying to raise •unnecessary alarm. She’s Jsimply stating the facts, and
rhe facts are as follows.
There is no guarantee an
ian influenza pandemic Will occur. But if a new and Revere strain of bird flu that
•uld be passed from human
human were to begin ipreading across the globe, ,/irginia would not be spared i*from its impact. 5 It’s the degree of impact Jthat is the control variable, Jwhich is why the task force, •compOSed of representatives Jfngn Orange, Culpeper, •Madison, Rappahannock and J2Tauquier counties, and “representatives from district •school systems have recently Sheen working to prepare the Region for a worst-case •scenario * #
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