Ready for a flu pandemic?

“So far, CDC has identified only 13 states that have a draft or complete plan for responding to a flu pandemic, and those plans have not undergone rigorous outside review. Federal, state and local officials say there are so many demands on public health officials and so few resources, that pandemic flu planning has not been a high priority. CDC itself has yet to complete a national pandemic flu response plan.”

-- from “Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health in the Age of Bioterrorism,” a report released Thursday by Trust for America’s Health