PANDEMIC PREPARATIONS : SICK WILL BE LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES

PRIORITIES WILL BE WATER, POWER, FOOD SUPPLY

"....maintaining infrastructure -- water, power and the provision of food -- could take a higher priority than providing care to the sick.

"It is maybe even more important to concentrate on the essentials of life for those who are living than it is to focus on the treatment of those who are sick."

As reported by Reuters, the above comments came from David Nabaro, a senior UN 'influenza co-ordinator', after the analysing the results from a "top-level catastrophe simulation" related to pandemic influenza.