I'd rather keep this thread focused on bird flu and have someone open a hemorragic fever thread if it seems warranted. But I don't own the thread, so it will go where it will go.
HI! Maybe there should be an alternative thread...but isn't there a chance this is bird flu, or at least some version of it? There is too much news regarding this to be ignored...and by the way it looks like you DO own this thread, it's got your name on it ;-)