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Expert Reveals Why This Flu Season Could Be a Killer Pandemic in the...

Dr. Gil Smolin, an infectious disease expert and professor at the University of California, will warn your listeners that this year's8217;s flu season may be deadlier than ever because of two new wrinkles: the spread of the Avian flu and the increased vulnerability to infection of Gulf State evacuees and rescue workers.



Raising reasonable, well-placed concerns, Dr. Smolin will point out that the Avian flu has a 60 percent mortality rate in humans. He can answer such questions as:



> Why are Katrina survivors's8217; immune systems at risk for flu

> Who else is at risk

> What won's8217;t the flu shot protect you against

> Why is he positive that the Avian flu is spreading and is a threat to the U.S. population

> How prepared would U.S. health professionals be for the spread of Avian flu to humans



Credentials: Gil Smolin, whose specialty is infectious diseases, has been a professor at the University of California for more than three decades. He has lectured widely on infectious diseases and written textbooks on the topic. In addition, he has spent a lot of time in Asia professionally and is familiar with healthcare in Asian countries. His latest book, Reign of the Rat (Ad Lib Books, 2005), is a fact-based thriller about a resistant germ arising in Asia that causes a deadly worldwide pandemic. The Avian flu situation mirrors the scenario in the novel.



Availability: San Francisco, nationwide by arrangement and via telephone; available last minute.

Contact: Dr. Gil Smolin, (415) 550-9224 (CA); e-mail protected from spam bots

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