Posted on 05/23/2006 1:06:59 PM PDT by Rutles4Ever
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aWESsJvt6CFE&refer=asia
They are saying they are directly linked to one person.
Bird flu biologists are currently interviewing 15,000 birds in Alaska. So far no sign of the bird flu.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aWESsJvt6CFE&refer=asia
I know I'm supposed to be really afraid.
The scare mongers, the same ones that told be about SARS, told me so.
Correction: these patients are interconnected.
I know there's a lot of "hysteria" about bird flu, but this would be a significant mutation, and legitimately something to be concerned about.
You don't have to be afraid, but you can be informed.
Indonesian birds are the worst of all birds.
I pinged you about another bird flu
"PANDEMIC"..thread.
u might fight it interesting.
May 23 (Bloomberg) -- All seven people infected with bird flu in a cluster of Indonesian cases can be linked to other patients, according to disease trackers investigating possible human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus.
A team of international experts has been unable to find animals that might have infected the people, the World Health Organization said in a statement today. In one case, a 10-year- old boy who caught the virus from his aunt may have passed it to his father, the first time officials have seen evidence of a three-person chain of infection, an agency spokeswoman said. Six of the seven people have died.
Almost all of the 218 cases of H5N1 infections confirmed by the WHO since late 2003 can be traced to direct contact with sick or dead birds. Strong evidence of human-to-human transmission may prompt the global health agency to convene a panel of experts and consider raising the pandemic alert level, said Maria Cheng, an agency spokeswoman.
``Considering the evidence and the size of the cluster, it's a possibility,'' Cheng said in a telephone interview. ``It depends on what we're dealing with in Indonesia. It's an evolving situation.''
The 32-year-old father in the cluster of cases on the island of Sumatra was ``closely involved in caring for his son, and this contact is considered a possible source of infection,'' The WHO said in its statement. Three others, including the sole survivor in the group, spent a night in a ``small'' room with the boy's aunt, who later died and was buried before health officials could conduct tests for the H5N1 virus.
(More at the Bloomberg News site)
My other tagline used to be "Ever Vigilant, Never Fearful".
Might need to pull it out of the closet one of these days!
I agree, if this is true and it is spread from person to person we should be concerned. I didn't say worry or freak out, but concerned.
Trying to remember my old little ping list.
also the fact is has been spread in a family and not other's is reason to believe it hasn't mutated human to human.
Again, be concerned, but not alarmed.
The mortality rate for 2005 = 55%.
For 2006 = 70+% (YTD).
SARS killed 883 people worldwide.
Bushs fault.
Rutles4ever?? You must be from Rutland...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutland
Could you please add me to any avian influenza ping list?
I think the SARS rate was closer to 8-10%.
Bird flu has consistantly been above 50%
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