topic 3.2: UK to buy anti-flu drugs for 14 million

http://www.guardian.co.uk/birdflu/story/0,14207,1428292,00.html

The UK will buy anti-flu drugs to treat 14,6 million inhabitants of the UK over the next two years for when a pandemic hits the country. This stockpile will cost the government £200 million pounds. The World Health Organisation has warned for a flu pandemic for years, and now the British government has said to buy the anti-flu drugs, together with European countries, Australia and Canada. There will be a conference on this topic in Luxembourg tomorrow. Guessed is that 50,000 people will die of the flu if nothing is done. The vaccines are mainly meant for at-risk groups, like over 65s, those with chronic disease and the very young.

It is the right step taken by the British government. It is their responsibility to provide the anti-flu drugs, and when a pandemic is very likely to come in the next few years, arrangements have to be made. I only wonder if the 14,6 million vaccines will be enough, since it is about a quarter of the total British society.
Holding a conference on this topic is a good thing as well. It is just as the global warming-topic: organisations have been warning for horrible things for years, but nothing is done by the government. Finally, worldwide governments are taking action on health, and therefor, I have hope for governments to finally take action on the environmental topic as well.