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Wednesday June 20, 2001 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER A5 History teaches tough lessons (Continued from page A1) They spread quickly despite a lack of sophisti cated global transportation. `Today it's much different, Someone from China can travel here within a day," said Carson. "The Spanish 'flu, in two short years, wiped out an estimated 20 million people world-wide," said Carson. And, it's been more than 30 years since the last pandemic. "That's approaching one of the longest intervals," said Carson. "We're due for one," said Savoline, echoing the official belief that it's not a matter of if, but when. In recent years, there have been a couple of `flu scares. The first was the Swine `Flu in 1976. In 1997, the Avian or Chicken `Flu struck in Hong Kong where more than one million chickens were slaughtered to prevent the spread of the dis ease thought to be passed from chickens to humans. Carson said that "virologists consider the new Avian virus one of the most significant, and worri some medical events of the day." The next pandemic is expected to spread world wide in one to five months from onset. "Outbreaks will occur simultaneously, in multi ple waves, and with devastating societal impact. There will be shortages of vaccine and antivirals and media and public scrutiny will be intense," said Carson. It will infect up to 8 million people and kill 12,000 -- just in Ontario. It's assumed that it will last weeks to months, and disrupt essential community services. In Halton, 262,000 of the 400,000 population will be infected and nearly 400 will die. "More than 1,000 people will be hospitalized, but Halton doesn't have 1,000 hospital beds free," said Nosal. That leaves the decision as to whether off-site wards would be set up to deal with the ill, while leaving the hospitals free to treat the rest of the pop ulation. Health care workers would likely be among the first vaccinated, so they could continue to care for others. Nosal said it's likely the first vaccinated would be those hardest hit and it's very likely the federal government would make the rules. New antiviral drugs (neuraminidase inhibitors) would be used to treat people until a vaccine is ready, however Nosal said those drugs would require daily doses for the duration of the outbreak. "Suddenly, if in Halton 350,000 (people) needed it, that amount of drug just isn't out there. Choices would have to be made as to how it would be dis tributed," said Nosal. Meanwhile, the Province has mandated regions like Halton to get ready for the worst.. Savoline said, "It will be an emergency larger than we've ever experienced." Committees are now being set up with a goal of finalizing an emergency plan by next June. Peel, Hamilton and Niagara are at work on sim ilar plans. Last year Halton had one of Ontario's most suc cessful 'flu immunization programs -- good expe rience in organizing the mass immunization clinics needed in the event of a pandemic. up to 40% Designer's Touch * Interior Latex Paint - Our Most Popular Brand · Top quality · Excellent hide · Easy sopa & water clean up Ceiling Flat, Flat, Satin, Eggshell, Semi-Gloss, Primer Railway service ended here in 1924 (Continued from page A1) Reg. $26.96-$37.96 its tracks in approximately the same location to extend its H am ilton-Burlington service into Oakville in 1904. It was called Speers Crossing and, once east of the creek, travelled along Rebecca Street to the station at the comer of Randall and Thomas streets. Jim Aitken, manager o f surveys for the Town of Oakville said there's a photo of the first train bridge in Dorothy Trucotte's book Places and People on the Bronte Creek, as well as a history of the Hamilton Radial Railway by David Ashe. It's said that the minimal cost of a return trip to Hamilton via the electrically-operated, hourly radial train was 50 cents, while a return trip from Bronte to Oakville cost a dime. The service not only enhanced public trans portation, but was a pleasant ride that drew tourists. In fact, Rebecca Street was originally called Radial Road from the 12-Mile Creek to Fourth Line until it was renamed in 1955 by the Township of Trafalgar. The radial railway discontinued service in 1924. It's tradition in O akville to name large bridges. The last one named was the Smith-Triller Viaduct, which crosses the Sixteen Mile Creek on Upper Middle Road and opened nearly a decade ago. And it's not just the Bronte Radial Bridge that's new in the area. The bridge project also included reconstruc tion of Bronte Road (from Sovereign Street to Speers Road) and o f Rebecca Street (from Mississauga Street to Bronte Road). To date, Bronte Road has been reconstructed from Rebecca Street to Speers Road, along with Rebecca Street, from Mississauga Street to the west side of the new bridge. Steel girders have been going up for the bridge in the last two months and over the sum mer, its concrete bridge deck, sidewalks and bar rier walls will be built. The bridge should be ready to open to traffic sometime between Labour Day and Sept. 21, but some work will still be done afterwards. Once the bridge opens, a stretch of Bronte Road will close for nine weeks for reconstruction between Rebecca and Sovereign streets. Hydro poles and new street lights should be up by late fall or early winter, and landscaping will be done next spring. 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