PARIS — Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School will be the site of a
National Guard riot control drill Thursday morning to prepare in the
event of a panic over distribution of serum to treat the swine flu.The school on Route 26 at the Paris-Norway town line has been
designated by state officials as a distribution site for the H1N1 flu
vaccine. The drill is to prepare for a worst-case scenario should the
serum have to be transported from Augusta and people rush to get it.
On Thursday morning, four or five National Guard Humvees will
travel from Augusta to Paris with vials of fake serum. The National
Guardsmen will take on the roles of panicked citizens and military
police and practice what they would do, such as using tear gas, in the
case of a riot. MORE>>>>>>>