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Wednesday, October 02, 2002Public health people tend to view bioterrorism as another item on a long list of health risks that includes tobacco use, obesity and substance abuse -- health problems with known mortality rates and intervention strategies. They observe funds being allocated to an unknown risk and intervention while the downturn in the economy leaves programs with a predictable occurrence, effectiveness and history -- such as flu vaccination programs -- underfunded. Meanwhile.. In the same issue of AMA Medical News there's this rundown on the state of preparedness. It's largely a self-congratulatory piece on how great a job professional societies have done with their websites and conferences on educating us about bioterrorism. Notice that no where in the article is there a single example of efforts on a local level to educate all physicians. The web has been a wonderful source of good information, but the audience for it is limited. Not every doctor turns to the internet for medical education. posted by Sydney on 10/02/2002 06:50:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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