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Trucking braces for flu pandemic
USA -Fleet Owner (subscription), by Terrence Nguyen -May 4, 2006: -- Yesterday the U.S. Homeland Security Council released a national strategy for dealing with an influenza pandemic that positions trucking as a stakeholder... The report noted that the risk of transmitting the flu virus via cargo or trade goods is low, with the exception of live avian or other animal cargo. However, the federal government has not ruled out significant border measures to slow the spread of flu should an outbreak occur... The federal government estimates that “highly restrictive border measures” could delay the peak of a pandemic by a few weeks— but not prevent it...
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