October Birds

be used interdisciplinarily in courses on qualitative research methods.I hope it will also be read simply for pleasure, and instill the question: 'What if?' What if a devastating pandemic does emerge?How will we respond as a society?The question is real.Recent reports on Pro-MED (the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases, www.promedmail.org)on avian influenza in Asia hint at the possibility of a new pandemic.