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July 25th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda WEDNESDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) — Among airports in the
United States, JFK in New York City, LAX in Los Angeles and Honolulu
International Airport in Hawaii are most likely to play a major role in
the spread of a pandemic, according to a new study.
Recent global public health crises — such as the 2009 H1N1 “swine” flu
pandemic that killed about 300,000 worldwide and the 2003 SARS outbreak
that affected 37 countries and caused about 1,000 deaths — have increased
awareness about how air travel can help quickly spread dangerous bacteria
and viruses around the world.
In this study, researchers in the department of civil and environmental
engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) used a new
mathematical model to determine how the 40 largest U.S. airports would
influence the spread of a contagious disease that originated in the cities
where the airports are located.
John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City would have the
most influence, followed by airports in Los Angeles, Honolulu, San
Francisco, Newark, Chicago (O’Hare) and Washington, D.C. (Dulles), the
investigators found.
Even though it handles the largest number of flights, Atlanta’s
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport ranks eighth in influence.
Boston’s Logan International Airport ranks 15th, according to the study
published online July 19 in the journal PLoS One.
The MIT model differs from existing models in that it incorporates
factors such as variations in travel patterns among individuals, the
geographic locations of airports, and waiting times at individual
airports.
“The findings could form the basis for an initial evaluation of vaccine
allocation strategies in the event of an outbreak, and could inform
national security agencies of the most vulnerable pathways for biological
attacks in a densely connected world,” researcher Ruben Juanes, an
associate professor in energy studies in civil and environmental
engineering, explained in an MIT news release.
More information
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has more about pandemics.
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