Originally published December 27 2005
New book has lofty ambition of promoting public health surveillance
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The Baltimore Sun reviews "Microbe: Are We Ready for the Next Plague?," a provocative new book written by Alan P. Zelicoff and Michael Bellomo to prompt discussion of the need for a public health surveillance system in the United States.
As worldwide headlines warn of avian flu, Microbe argues that the United States is woefully unprepared for the next pandemic.
Co-author Alan Zelicoff, formerly a top government scientist, puts forth a good argument for the need for an electronic surveillance system to enable health officials to share information about cluster illnesses.
Zelicoff left his post at Sandia National Laboratories to join a private company developing such a system.
However, don't let this potential conflict of interest dissuade you.
The authors do an excellent job of pointing out the failings of a "highly balkanized" public health surveillance system in the United States.
Bottom Line: This book is a bit clunky and wonkish.
But it's a great primer on the debate about whether the U.S. is ready for a pandemic.
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