{"id":182,"date":"2009-09-10T14:07:24","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T13:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-ethics\/?p=182"},"modified":"2009-09-10T21:47:55","modified_gmt":"2009-09-10T20:47:55","slug":"182titanic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-ethics\/2009\/09\/10\/182titanic\/","title":{"rendered":"Swine Flu: A Titanic Struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Health today launced <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dh.gov.uk\/en\/Publicationsandstatistics\/Publications\/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance\/DH_104969\">Exercise Prometheus<\/a>, an<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>exercise for the social care sector to assess and develop its resilience planning in readiness for a second wave of the pandemic swine flu. 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