Bird Flu Found in Migrant Birds in Siberia
MosNews The bird flu virus has been discovered in migrant birds living in Novosibirsk region. Ducks and geese are thought to have brought the virus from South East Asia, the head of a local zoogenous infections laboratory, Alexander Shestopalov, was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying.
The tests made in spring and autumn are being analyzed and the results will be ready by December, the agency quoted him as saying. The virus was found in a test made last year, he added.Shestopalov noted that direct contact with migrant birds carrying the virus is unlikely because those birds live in thinly populated regions with many lakes.
However, the virus may be transmitted to birds constantly living in the Novosibirsk region, and then to domestic animals and people. In particular, a geese farm is near one of the lakes where the migrant birds live, the agency quoted him as saying.A person can become infected by the bird flu through contact with pigs. “Pigs transmit this disease without pronounced symptoms and it can be transmitted without being noticed,” Shestopalov said.
NY TIMES reports: Fear of the bird flu sweeping across Asia has played a major role in the government's flurry of preparations for a worldwide epidemic.
That concern prompted President Bush to meet Friday with vaccine makers to try to persuade them to step up production, and it led Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt to depart yesterday for a 10-day trip to at least four Asian nations to discuss planning for a pandemic flu.
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Folks, this bird flu is a potentially lethal flu that could infect Millions and perhaps a Billion people!
The Bush administration is in the final stages of preparing a plan to deal with pandemic flu. A draft shows that the country is woefully unprepared, and it warns that a severe pandemic will kill millions, overwhelm hospitals and disrupt much of the nation.
Medical science cannot protect us so far...
This is a time for people to grow spiritually and to walk in faith...
Pray
1918 Flu that killed between 20-50 Million has been linked to the Bird Flu:
Researchers think more than one-fourth of the U.S. population was ill with the flu in the 1918-1919 outbreak and perhaps a billion people suffered from it worldwide. In a 10-month period, the flu killed between 20 million and 50 million people, including more than half a million Americans.
Pray
The tests made in spring and autumn are being analyzed and the results will be ready by December, the agency quoted him as saying. The virus was found in a test made last year, he added.Shestopalov noted that direct contact with migrant birds carrying the virus is unlikely because those birds live in thinly populated regions with many lakes.
However, the virus may be transmitted to birds constantly living in the Novosibirsk region, and then to domestic animals and people. In particular, a geese farm is near one of the lakes where the migrant birds live, the agency quoted him as saying.A person can become infected by the bird flu through contact with pigs. “Pigs transmit this disease without pronounced symptoms and it can be transmitted without being noticed,” Shestopalov said.
NY TIMES reports: Fear of the bird flu sweeping across Asia has played a major role in the government's flurry of preparations for a worldwide epidemic.
That concern prompted President Bush to meet Friday with vaccine makers to try to persuade them to step up production, and it led Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt to depart yesterday for a 10-day trip to at least four Asian nations to discuss planning for a pandemic flu.
Read the story here
Folks, this bird flu is a potentially lethal flu that could infect Millions and perhaps a Billion people!
The Bush administration is in the final stages of preparing a plan to deal with pandemic flu. A draft shows that the country is woefully unprepared, and it warns that a severe pandemic will kill millions, overwhelm hospitals and disrupt much of the nation.
Medical science cannot protect us so far...
This is a time for people to grow spiritually and to walk in faith...
Pray
1918 Flu that killed between 20-50 Million has been linked to the Bird Flu:
Researchers think more than one-fourth of the U.S. population was ill with the flu in the 1918-1919 outbreak and perhaps a billion people suffered from it worldwide. In a 10-month period, the flu killed between 20 million and 50 million people, including more than half a million Americans.
Pray
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