Re: Utah - Wellsville Buys Tamiflu for Key City Employees for possible Pandemic Flu
IronOreHopper: I found listed industry - aggregate (rock crushing for construction), mining facilities, agriculture in the Cache Valley in Utah.
Agriculture includes chicken hatchling and turkey farms, as well as dairy cattle operations and vegetable processing plants. Oh, and bee-keeping.
Other types of biosecurity hazards:
Utah has already had problems with Newcastle virus outbreaks in turkey farms (mostly further south), dating back to the '70s; the disease is now endemic in marshy areas in central Utah that attract millions of migrating birds each year. This suggests that poultry in the area might be prone to AI infection as well.
Hint: recent outbreaks of bird cholera in the Great Salt Lake area to the south of Cache Valley, reported in late 2007, didn't occur at random.
The Cache County fire department has jurisdiction over chemical hazards in the Wellsville area; this chemical emergency response group would be linked by database to State and Federal agencies that regulate and monitor hazardous wastes and processes.
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The State of Utah has a Pandemic Preparedness Plan.
A pandemic public health primer, circa 2006, clearly states the need for local community and county participation in pandemic awareness/planning.
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/ADMIN/utah...per_120406.ppt.
IronOreHopper: I found listed industry - aggregate (rock crushing for construction), mining facilities, agriculture in the Cache Valley in Utah.
Agriculture includes chicken hatchling and turkey farms, as well as dairy cattle operations and vegetable processing plants. Oh, and bee-keeping.
Other types of biosecurity hazards:
Utah has already had problems with Newcastle virus outbreaks in turkey farms (mostly further south), dating back to the '70s; the disease is now endemic in marshy areas in central Utah that attract millions of migrating birds each year. This suggests that poultry in the area might be prone to AI infection as well.
Hint: recent outbreaks of bird cholera in the Great Salt Lake area to the south of Cache Valley, reported in late 2007, didn't occur at random.
The Cache County fire department has jurisdiction over chemical hazards in the Wellsville area; this chemical emergency response group would be linked by database to State and Federal agencies that regulate and monitor hazardous wastes and processes.
~~~~~
The State of Utah has a Pandemic Preparedness Plan.
A pandemic public health primer, circa 2006, clearly states the need for local community and county participation in pandemic awareness/planning.
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/ADMIN/utah...per_120406.ppt.
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