Bird Flu Drug Rendered Useless

Bird Flu Drug Rendered Useless

oh.
shit.

This avian flu is a truly frightening prospect. Amarillo has 175,000 people, but is the health care center for somewhere between 1 to 1.5 million people.

If 10% of the Amarillo population is infected, and 1% of them require ventilatory support (a VERY optimistic projection), that would be 1750 Amarilloans needing an ICU bed. And 10,000 region-wide. Amarillo has about 100 ICU beds. Do the math.