Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Bush to consider using military to enforce quarantines if Avian flu epidemic breaks out

The Seattle Times reports:
President Bush, increasingly concerned about a possible avian flu pandemic, revealed today that any part of the country where the virus breaks out could likely be quarantined and that he is considering using the military to enforce it.

"The best way to deal with a pandemic is to isolate it and keep it isolated in the region in which it begins," he said during a wide-ranging Rose Garden news conference.

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