[TigerLikesRooster]

It appears that bird flu is spreading northward. The first outbreak is in Iksan, in a S.W. region of S. Korea. Since then, it is spreading along west coast of S. Korea, moving closer to Seoul.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[Domandred]

Bird flu has killed more than 150 people worldwide since late 2003

Oh the humanity!

[hatfieldmccoy]

If these people would quit friggin the fowl (they just explode) behind the hen house this would not be happening...

[steve86]

Kind of an interesting thing in my community today. A clinic was giving free flu shots to anyone who wanted one, due to unused supply (these are the normal seasonal influenza inoculations, of course, not avian). The offer was oversubscribed and the clinic actually ran out before the starting time (due to people pre-registering). I did manage to get one, although it is very late in the season and you have to allow for at least a couple of weeks to produce antibodies.

Most of the reason for the big turnout was local coverage in the local newspaper today of the young girl who died from flu complications in the western part of our state. This story happened to be on the front page of the paper while the free clinic offer was just inside.

Regarding the avian influenza, I do read the specialized sites and the situation does seem to be ramping up after a lull.