Avian Flu - Is Specialization Killing Us?

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28 Oct 2005 09:48:54 -0000

Health Supreme Update: Avian Flu - Is Specialization Killing Us?

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Health Supreme Update: Avian Flu - Is Specialization Killing Us?

 

 

 

 

2005.10.28 11:48:51

 

 

 

Could specialization in medicine be keeping us from finding an

effective way to prevent a potentially disastrous bird flu

epidemic? Specialization in medicine - as in other branches of

science and art - is an asset, but it also has its drawbacks.

Invariably, specialized knowledge tends to develop where the

money is, where grants and facilities are available. We have a

myriad of experts analyzing the latest virus in great detail,

dissecting it, defining its genetic sequences and its potential

dangers. That is where the money is: development and

manufacture of vaccines and drugs to counter that one specific

threat, that specific mutation of the virus. With all this

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