If anyone wants some light bedtime reading, the British Department of Health has just released a 177 page Pdf document outlining a contingincy plan for dealing
with a panadamic in the UK.
There are a number of other related documents as well.

http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/EmergencyPlanning/PandemicFlu/fs/en

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