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Seventeen patients in England have today been confirmed with swine flu.
The exercise started with bird flu from Thailand but the consequences could be the same as those for swine flu from Mexico. Almost immediately, absenteeism by UK workers soared to 15 per cent as people stayed at home rather than mix with potential carriers. City absenteeism increased as parents stayed away to care for children sent home from boarding schools, but within weeks, half Britain’s workers refused to go to work and all schools closed.
before long, hospitals ran out of masks and hand gel, and the Department of Health warned it would take four to six months to produce a vaccine. Hospitals cancelled all except urgent operations.
But as the crisis deepened, Britain’s economic structure collapsed. There were queues at garages as motorists filled cars and petrol cans. Panic buying at supermarkets was followed by stores stocking only basic food and clothing, while smaller shops and restaurants closed, creating ghost towns. Food piled up on docksides but could not be distributed.
Reduced manning caused power cuts and residential mail was delivered only every two or three days.
Meanwhile, rumours circulated of companies hoarding vaccine for their own executives and the discovery of fake vaccine imported from China.
Originally posted by winotka
I do believe nature can try ways to keep the planet in balance.