Rich countries tend to be better prepared than poor ones, but this should be no consolation to them.

ECONOMIST: The world must prepare for pandemic influenza

I'm going off to Sweden tonight with my health secretary Liam Fox who himself has been to Germany and to France and we're going to go to other countries as well because what we're actually saying is somehow the citizens of these countries recognise they need a better health service and they're prepared to make the changes.

BBC: News | BREAKFAST WITH FROST | Conservative Leader, Iain Duncan Smith MP