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Tests Show Sumatra Pigs Carry Bird Flu Virus
Reuters ^ | May 18, 2006 | Reuters

Posted on 05/18/2006 6:04:27 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe

JAKARTA, May 18 (Reuters) - Pigs have tested positive for bird flu in the same village on Indonesia's Sumatra island where five people have been confirmed infected with the H5N1 avian influenza virus, a minister said on Thursday.

The case involving up to seven family members, six of whom have died, has raised alarm around the world because authorities cannot rule out human-to-human transmission.

But the World Health Organisation and Indonesian health officials had been frustrated by the lack of evidence pointing to a source of the virus, usually infected poultry.

The WHO confirmed on Wednesday that five members of the family had contracted H5N1 and tests on a sixth were pending.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: avianflu; birdflu; h5n1
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1 posted on 05/18/2006 6:04:28 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe
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To: Smokin' Joe

Wait'll they get around to investigating "The Giant Rat of Sumatra".


2 posted on 05/18/2006 6:08:43 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll. 17,400+ snide replies and counting!)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Obviously pigs DO fly......


3 posted on 05/18/2006 6:09:02 AM PDT by jmax
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To: Smokin' Joe

The WHO are really getting around these days.


4 posted on 05/18/2006 6:09:20 AM PDT by FearlessFreep (Excuse me. But are those your legs or are you riding a chicken?)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Not good.

That is a sign that it will jump to people soon. Hope it only give a case of the sniffles when it does.


5 posted on 05/18/2006 6:10:16 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: redgolum
Not good. That is a sign that it will jump to people soon.

It certainly seems to increase the probability of a variant humans can readily transmit. Hopefully, the strain which emerges will be far less deadly.

I can see, too, where there would be reticence to slaughter pigs which could represent substantial wealth compared to poultry, although that is a hard enough hit to some folks there.

6 posted on 05/18/2006 6:18:05 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: jmax
Obviously pigs DO fly......

And I thought birdcrap all over the car was bad enough...

7 posted on 05/18/2006 6:19:00 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: Judith Anne

ping


8 posted on 05/18/2006 6:20:04 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Well all-RIGHTY then - we're back to the big swine flu apocalypse. It's official, we're all gonna die.


9 posted on 05/18/2006 6:36:54 AM PDT by nina0113
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To: nina0113
Well, not all, but 5 out of 7 is a big number.

Human ingenuity knows no bounds and we'll built the population back up to fighting strength in just a handful, or two, of decades, maybe centuries.

This time, though, there won't be a Dark Age, and no new religions.

10 posted on 05/18/2006 6:38:54 AM PDT by muawiyah (-)
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To: muawiyah

Yes, we ARE all gonna die - not necessarily from this. I don't think Third World village health care, or lack thereof, is any indicator for how the disease will affect the US.


11 posted on 05/18/2006 6:45:40 AM PDT by nina0113
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To: Smokin' Joe

Thanks for the ping. I've made my bird flu opus, and I'm sticking to it.

There's no reason to participate or share information when all that happens is ridicule and baiting. Apparently, the group that wants information is much much smaller than the group that thinks discussion of emerging diseases is hilarious.

I would feel better if those who opine that the chance of an Avian Flu pandemic is vanishingly small, would post some actual information by scientists in the field, however, and not "scientists" like Siegel, who are hawking their books.


12 posted on 05/18/2006 6:50:06 AM PDT by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Never teach a pig to sneeze.


13 posted on 05/18/2006 6:57:39 AM PDT by Lazamataz (If a woman gives birth in Indiana, is she a Hoosier Mama?)
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To: nina0113
We're all gonna die!!!!

14 posted on 05/18/2006 6:58:36 AM PDT by Lazamataz (If a woman gives birth in Indiana, is she a Hoosier Mama?)
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To: muawiyah
Well, not all, but 5 out of 7 is a big number. Human ingenuity knows no bounds and we'll built the population back up to fighting strength in just a handful, or two, of decades, maybe centuries. This time, though, there won't be a Dark Age, and no new religions.

Yeah, but Mohawks will be back in style.


15 posted on 05/18/2006 6:59:46 AM PDT by Lazamataz (If a woman gives birth in Indiana, is she a Hoosier Mama?)
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To: Smokin' Joe

The Democrats will try and put lipstick on those pigs. They always have their heads in the sand.


16 posted on 05/18/2006 7:01:05 AM PDT by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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To: Judith Anne

You mean Beavis and Butthead really aren't interested in new diseases?


17 posted on 05/18/2006 7:02:19 AM PDT by muawiyah (-)
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To: muawiyah

Some are, and there's no Beavis or Butthead on my old ping list. But FR isn't the place to discuss them, imho. Too many people who have no interest in the topic feel a need to participate in one way or another.

Fun, huh?


18 posted on 05/18/2006 7:07:21 AM PDT by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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To: Judith Anne
I am beginning to see why you have dropped out from the replies given here. I got the 'heads up' from someone I know at USDA.

Is there a ping list, and if so, who should I contact?

19 posted on 05/18/2006 7:16:04 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: Lazamataz

Yep. Sooner or later. Last time I checked, there is (allowing for those alive) a rough 1 to 1 correspondence between live births and demises, regardless of cause. There is no evidence to suggest the trend will change in the immediate future.


20 posted on 05/18/2006 7:19:33 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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