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Running the Numbers on a US Pandemic

Posted by Zonk on from the plz-stay-theoretical-k-thnx dept.

Lucas123 writes "A U.S. pandemic would exhaust antiviral medications, reduce basic food supplies, put ATMs out of service, shut down call centers, increase gas prices and up health insurance claims by 20%, according a test project developed by financial service firms. The pandemic paper planning scenario is used by 3,000 banks, insurance companies and security firms in preparing for disasters. The financial services groups are now sharing the pandemic flu exercise information, and all the scenarios are available for download."

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  1. Just ONE MORE thing to get oneself by davidsyes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    on the ever-swelling Terr'ist Watch List...

    You download THAT, you just GOTS TA BE be a wee bit interested in causing or learning how to cause mayhem....

    OTOH...

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  2. Marshall Law by Cajun+Hell · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Are you talking about Thomas Riley Marshall (VP of US nearly a hundred years ago) or John Marshall (chief justice of SCOTUS about two hundred years ago)? They're both dead; I don't see how the current president could use either one for legal advice. Ah... Is this some kind of seance thing? (I heard Reagan was into that stuff. But why not just channel Reagan? Having died more recently, he would be closer to the mortal realms, anyway.)

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