Flu pandemic is only a matter of time, officials say

CHAMPAIGN – Is there a little Emily Litella voice in your head that keeps wanting to ask: What's all this I hear about a panda epidemic?

Why do people keep saying the pandas are going to make us sick?

We don't even have pandas here. ...

Of course, we all know that's a pandemic we're being warned about.

Some of us are even vaguely aware that we're supposed to be stockpiling extra food and medicines in case a pandemic flu virus confines us to our homes for a while.

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