The Bird Flu Blog This blog deals with the bird (avian) flu epidemic, the feared bird flu pandemic and its implications on human health. tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974242 2007-01-24T17:08:54Z Blogger
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 true Avian Flu Doc 2006-03-18T19:18:00-05:00 2006-03-19T15:23:03Z 2006-03-19T00:40:11Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974242.post-114272881194432637 Bird Flu Vaccine? Impact of Avian Flu on Birds New reports of bird flu being discovered in new countries come almost every day. Reuters posted a few days ago a factsheet entitled Bird flu in Europe, listing over 20 European countries with documented cases of bird flu. Experts estimate the epidemic will reach birds in US in less than 6 months. On March 10, WHO said there were a total of 176 confirmed human cases of avian flu, with 97 deaths. false Avian Flu Doc 2006-01-22T10:03:00-05:00 2006-03-18T02:31:13Z 2006-01-22T15:28:41Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974242.post-113794372185804356 Bird Flu Hype With the recent human cases of bird flu diagnosed in Turkey and Indonesia, the media is playing the bird flu pandemic theme with all the bells and whistles again. Along the same lines, 33 countries and multilateral institutions pledged $1.9 billion to fight the disease at the January 18 Conference on Bird Flu in China. And with the recent announcement from the WHO that bird flu viruses are able false Avian Flu Doc 2006-01-14T20:20:00-05:00 2006-01-15T02:00:59Z 2006-01-15T01:50:21Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974242.post-113728982152566755 Life In A Flu Pandemic Imagine the bird flu pandemic happened. What would everyday life be like? Well, for one thing, a pervading sense of fear would descend on most people. Most of us would be afraid to go to public places. Shopping, eating out, church going, using public transportation, going to school or work would suddenly change from routine activities to high risk, best to be avoided undertakings. To say nothing false