[Judith Anne]

Here's where things stand now (from Recombinomics):

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/05110503/H5N1_Recombination_Serious.html

"As noted above, the 2005 genes have changed. Genes do not change via reassortment, which merely shuffles existing genes. The Z genotype is defined by reassortment, and the vast majority of the current H5N1 isolates are the Z genotype, including isolates from Japan, Korea, Indonesia and many provinces in China. These H5N1 isolates have not been reported to cause fatal human infections. However, the Z genotypes in Vietnam and Thailand have caused infections with a high case fatality rate. It is the region-specific differences in the genes that are associated with the reported fatal infections in humans."

In other words, nobody has any answers. Without specific information, no vaccine can even begin to be manufactured. With AT LEAST 6 months required for vaccine development, and more for mass manufacture, I don't look for much help from science, frankly.

[Dog Gone]

Then we're back to Post 35 where we pretty much have to hope for dumb luck. We might as well disband WHO and save the money and spend it on caskets for all the good they do.

This is just incompetence.

[wildandcrazyrussian]

Please add me to your ping list (I think I may already be on for the Marburg surveillance list). Thanks!