How to Handle the Bird Flu
In 2005, U.S. President George W. Bush stood at a lectern in Bethesda, Maryland, to make an important announcement. He was joined by five members of his cabinet, two senators, three congressmen, and multiple international guests. It was an unusual show of force for a press conference, and with two unpopular wars underway and the response to Hurricane Katrina still floundering, there was plenty else to attend to.
“Leaders at every level of government have a responsibility to confront dangers before they appear and engage the American people on the best course of action”, he declared. A failure to do so, he said, could cost millions of lives and trillions of dollars.… Seguir leyendo »