[milkncookies]

I hope you are right, but you might want to keep an eye on this thread at IH just in case:

Avian flu] 02/12/04 - Pandemic plan out at 1130

CBC news will hold a live news conference beginning at 1130 by Heath Canada with the official release of the plan. It hasn't been web posted yet & I hope it will be by then. In the meantime I've heard on a few morning news shows that Thailand had confirmed a sixth case, a teenaged boy I believe who is alive but in critical condition.

A few things to read & post in the mean time... __________________

[Labyrinthos]

I don't know anything about East Asian bird flus, but I do know a lot about the typical avian flu that we see here in the Northeast. Like global warming and cooling, avian flu epidemics have occurred in the past and will occur in the future. The best that can be done is to quarantine and kill the birds in the infected areas. Transmission to humans is very rare although not impossible. Again, that has happened in the past as it will in the future.

[Labyrinthos]

The Pennsylvania epidemic I referred to was 1983-84 and result in an early death to 17 million birds in that state alone. http://www.vafb.com/news/2002/may/050202_1.htm

You may also find this article interesting, which emphasizes my point that while the spread of avian flu to humans does happen, the incidence is very rare: http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/7830148.htm