BOSTON, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Fifty-seven percent of U.S. adults say they're concerned -- but only 15 percent say they are very concerned -- about the potential spread of bird flu.
Seventy-percent of African-Americans report they are concerned about the spread of bird flu, vs. 54 percent of whites, a poll by the Harvard School of Public Health found.
The majority of Americans are not currently concerned that they or a family member will get avian flu within the next 12 months.
Twenty-eight percent of U.S. adults do not believe avian flu will ultimately spread widely among wild birds over the next 12 months. Twenty-four percent don't think it will spread widely among poultry and 14 percent do not think it will spread among humans in the United States.
However, should human cases of the avian flu occur in their state, 75 percent would reduce or avoid travel; 71 percent would avoid public events; 68 percent would try to get a prescription for Tamiflu or other antiviral drugs; and 68 percent would stay at home.
Ninety-six percent of respondents said they would agree to be quarantined for two to three weeks if they had avian flu.
