Mass vaccination should be the linchpin of the U.S. response to an influenza pandemic, new computer simulations suggest. Other measures, including treating people with antiviral drugs, closing schools, and restricting travel, could slow the spread of the virus but would be unlikely to halt an outbreak of a highly contagious flu, say the government-funded researchers who conducted the simulations.
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