WORLD-RENOWNED AUTHOR AND PHYSICIAN SPEAKS ON AVIAN FLU CRISIS

What: "Surviving the Next Pandemic: Bird Flu and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases" with Michael Greger, M.D.
Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Place: Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street, Oakland

Dr. Greger is currently the Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at the Humane Society of the United States. He is author of the recently released “Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching,” and has presented at the National Institute of Health, the Bird Flu Summit and the Conference on World Affairs. In August 2006, he participated in a Department of Homeland Security Pandemic Influenza Tabletop Exercise, in addition to speaking at countless conferences and universities worldwide.

In an engaging multimedia presentation, Dr. Greger will discuss how Avian Flu has evolved from a
harmless intestinal virus in wild ducks into a deadly virus that may prove to be the next worldwide killer. He will explore what role humans, through our interaction with animals, have played in the course of the disease. In the face of this potentially catastrophic pandemic, Greger will discuss what we can do to protect ourselves and our families from this virus, and how we can prevent the development of similar viruses in the future.

"The book is timely, well written, and very comprehensive from any reader’s perspective."
—Julie Gerberding, M.D., Director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control

More information on Dr. Greger and the entire contents of his new book can be found at: http://www.birdflubook.org

The sponsors of the event include: East Bay Animal Advocates http://www.EastBayAnimalAdvocates.org; Compassionate Cooks http://www.CompassionateCooks.org; San Francisco Vegetarian Society http://www.sfvs.org