Terror Attack or Flu Pandemic - A Nation Prepares

Released on = June 30, 2006, 1:39 pm

Press Release Author = Paulo Reyes

Industry = Healthcare

Press Release Summary = With the constant threat of a flu pandemic or terrorist
attack, it\'s important to be prepared. Dr. Paulo J. Reyes has written a fiction
book on a terrorist attack using smallpox taking place in an ER in Los Angeles,
which describes such a scenario. It\'s excellent plot takes you inside the ER and
what could happen if this occurred.

Press Release Body = FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Diana - diana@pauloreyes.com
(954) 599-3067
http://www.pauloreyes.com

Terror Attack or Flu Pandemic - A Nation Prepares

Los Angeles, California, June 2006. In late September, Health and Human Services
Secretary Michael Leavitt told members of Congress in a classified closed-door
meeting that the bird flu could conceivably kill hundreds of thousands of
Americans. Within 24 hours, a $3.9 billion legislative proposal to buy and stockpile
huge new quantities of vaccines and antiviral medications was designed and passed
with almost no debate or discussion.

Mike Osterholm wrote in a July 2005 issue of Foreign Affairs, "If an influenza
pandemic struck today, borders would close, the global economy would shut down,
international vaccine supplies and health-care systems would be overwhelmed, and
panic would reign. To limit the fallout, the industrialized world must create a
detailed response strategy involving the public and private sectors."

Pandemic viruses aren\'t the only threat facing our nation. Drug-resistant bacteria
and terrorist attacks spreading anthrax, smallpox or other deadly substances are
also concerns in Washington.

Dr. Paulo J. Reyes, an ER Doctor and first responder in California is the author of
a book on bioterrorism, Sledgehammer. He strives to increase the awareness of this
potential threat now. Reyes' book, Sledgehammer, (ISBN #097713870-4) Published by
Virtual Word Publishing, is a fiction thriller, detailing an outbreak of smallpox
and its devastating and fatal effects. Based on factual information and real life
hospital settings, it portrays a terrorist attack utilizing smallpox and the
struggles the medical profession must endure to get government acceptance that this
deadly disease is once again a clear and present danger.





Web Site = http://www.pauloreyes.com

Contact Details = To learn more about the dangers of smallpox and his book go to Dr.
Reyes website at http://www.pauloreyes.com. His book, Sledgehammer is also available
at http://www.pauloreyes.com, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other leading bookstores.

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