[Jim Noble]

But they seem to take their sweet time issuing orders to quarantine a region.

It will never happen.

[OB1kNOb]

UPDATE, FWIW - OB1

WHO sees no mutation in Indonesia bird flu strain
Tue 23 May 2006 12:17 PM ET
Source: Reuters

GENEVA, May 23 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday that tests had shown no evidence of a significant mutation in the bird flu strain that killed at least six people in North Sumatra.

The death of the group, one of the largest clusters to occur since the disease re-emerged in 2003, had triggered fears that it could be evolving to become more easily transmissible between people.

"Sequencing ... found no evidence of genetic reassortment ... and no evidence of significant mutations," the agency said in a statement.