U.S. Preps & Precautions
Public health workers Sonya Tinsley, Gloria Miller and Judy Smith, from left, wear some of the 450,000 surgical masks purchased by the Alabama Dept. of Public Health for health care workers in case of bird flu, June 1, 2006, in Decatur, Ala. In case of a bird flu pandemic, officials would close schools, discourage churches from meeting, cancel college sporting events and hand out masks to parts of the general population.
Author: CBS News Staff
Credit: AP Photo/The Decatur Daily
