Friday, November 06, 2009

Pneumonic Plague Drill In U.S.

From the state of Illinois:

Citizens infected with a fictitious pneumonic plague will line up outside Lincoln Prairie Elementary School on Saturday to help test the site as a medication dispensary in case of an emergency.

The Lake in the Hills Police Department is carrying out the test as part of a grant from the McHenry County Department of Health for its emergency health plan. In case of a biological terrorist attack or widespread disease outbreak, the site would be able get medicine to the community, Lake in the Hills Chief of Patrol Services David Brey said.

The event will use volunteers pretending to have been stricken by the plague to help test the flow of the site, from initial triage through receiving proof of being medicated.

Very interesting coincidence. The pneumonic plague is in the Ukraine and China and we're practicing to get it here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Seems that the US government is softening the public up for the real thing, like when they spray major cities with the same substance (or less lethal) that went over Ukraine and Norway in recent weeks.

Keep your eyes on the skies, especially at night!