This handbook is intended to assist local health authorities in carrying out their duties under the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act. Whether an outbreak of a communicable disease occurs from a natural biological event or terrorist act, the health and safety of citizens throughout the state of Texas may very well depend on the actions LHA's take in their communities. So they'd better not pout, they'd better not cry, they'd better watch out, we're tellin' them why. ( )