CONTAINMENT or ENGAGEMENT?

The article reports on contamination technology related to pandemic caused by the Avian Influenza A virus in the U.S. Naval Force. In September 2005, the White House released the National Plan for Pandemic Influenza to prevent the disease. The plan included vaccine development, drug and vaccine stockpiling, disease surveillance and to assist in meeting the manpower needs of local health departments to counter the pandemics. Pandemic avian influenza could potentially exploit the U.S. economy's fragility to a greater degree than any terrorist or traditional-military attack.