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Hawaii: Teams use airport to stage bird flu drill

Posted on July 23, 2008

Via the Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Teams use airport to stage bird flu drill. Excerpt:Local, state and federal workers and military and civilian health care personnel worked as a team in a bird flu drill yesterday at Honolulu Airport.The drill, Lightning Rescue '08, simulated what would happen if an airliner from Asia arrived at Honolulu Airport bearing more than 300 passengers with some experiencing symptoms of avian influenza or bird flu. We take it very seriously, said Dr. James Ireland, medical director at Honolulu Airport. It's unlikely that something like this would happen but we want t...

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