To prevent the flu - don't let the birds out of the coop.

1) "On May 17, 1988, nearly 19 years ago, Surgeon General C. Edward Coop issued a 618-page report on addictions in which he said cigarettes are as addictive as heroine and cocaine. ‘The pharmacologic and behavioral processes that determine tobacco addiction are similar to those that determine addiction to drugs such as heroin and cocaine,” the report concluded. The information led to tougher laws regulating sales to minors, but left adults [...] struggling." Source: http://www.louisianaweekly.com/read/PDF/Apr_30_2007.pdf Surgeon General's Reports on Smoking and Tobacco Use: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/index.htm 2) Inside the report, the name of the Surgeon General is written differently: "C. Everett Koop, M.D., Sc.D. Surgeon General" Source: http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/NN/B/B/Z/G/_/nnbbzg.pdf 3) "Vice Admiral Charles Everett Koop, M.D. (born October 14, 1916 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American physician. He served as the Surgeon General of the United States from 1982 to 1989, under Ronald Reagan's presidency. He was in a sense the first "celebrity Surgeon General", and is probably still the best-known holder of the office." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Everett_Koop 4) 03-06-2006 "C. Everett Koop Says US Woefully Unprepared for Bio Disaster WESTON, Mass., Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- C. Everett Koop, MD, and former US Surgeon General, writing in the current issue of Journal of Emergency Management, says this country's disaster response and healthcare systems will be easily overwhelmed by a major bio disaster such as an avian flu pandemic. Eliot Grigg, Joseph Rosen, MD, and Dr. Koop published an article entitled "The biological disaster challenge: Why we are least prepared for the most devastating threat and what we need to do about it" in the January/February issue of Journal of Emergency Management. The authors contend that even though this country's recent response to natural disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina, has been less than adequate, a bio disaster along the lines of an avian flu pandemic will be a "much more complex and potentially devastating threat." Says Dr. Koop: "a pandemic is a story that grows more complex with every new infection. It is a dynamic process that begins at one end of the world and flies to the other in a matter of hours. Unlike any other disaster, a pandemic will continue to grow exponentially until it is stopped or it burns itself out like a forest fire, but people are destroyed, not trees." To combat this growing threat, this country over the years has developed a disaster response system that "is not very well equipped to handle a biological disaster," because, as the authors explain, "it was never designed for one." In addition, say the authors, the history of disaster response in this country "reveals a reactive culture," and it is still not clear "who is in charge of a pandemic response." Dr. Koop and his co-authors complete their argument by explaining that "one of the reasons biological threats are potentially so devastating" is that "our healthcare system in its current state is itself a strategic liability." Therefore, continues Dr. Koop, "revolutionizing our response capabilities would necessarily involve improving our delivery of healthcare," which would "not only benefit our citizens on a daily basis but also protect America from natural pandemics and even biological terrorism."" Source: http://boards.crimelibrary.com/archive/index.php/t-253757.html

His name was Everett.. he reminded me of Colonel Saunders. I think he would say the bird flu was fowl.