Wikis to fight pandemics and panic

I've heard of the tsunami and hurricane wikis.  Seems as if they were meant to increase and facilitate communication POST event.

The Flu Wiki means to educate and mitigate damage and panic with a pre-emptive method.  collaboration before the big disaster.  What a concept!  FEMA, are  you listening?http://www.fluwikie.com/  And thousands of unpaid volunteers web content developers.... making the best use of that desire to help. 

Although evacuees in the tsunami or hurricane regions couldn't rely on internet access, perhaps the conditions in a pandemic might be different.  And do we believe the government will be totally forthcoming with all information as soon as they have it?  Or will the wiki give us more information faster?

The St. Petersburg Times recently highlighted the work of the Fluwikie. http://www.sptimes.com/2006/01/27/Floridian/The_sky_is_falling___.shtml