Why Do They Wear Protective Clothes From Head To Toe When They Discover A Bird With H5N1 Virus???
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It is a protective measure.  If the virus has mutated, the handler takes a risk of becoming infected by the virus. There are also other diseases that birds may carry that can infect humans.\n\nCooking infected meat kills the virus, so it no longer poses any real danger.  And yes, if you're planning on preparing a chicken that was infected, it would be a good idea to suit up.  Keep in mind though, that most birds that enter the food supply are not infected, or did not die as a result of being infected.  Birds that die before being slaughtered are not used for human consumption (not in the U.S., anyway).  These birds are either destroyed, or in some cases used for pet food.
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Very good and very wise question.  Almost an oxymoron, however they had to protect their heads from minor injuries so they could use their head for a major injury. Thanks for the best answer! You rock dude!  Keep up the good work!
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Humans aren't in any way the only species that needs clothes.\n\nFirst off humans don't need clothes except in extremes of climate. People all over the world lived for tens of thousands of years without any clothing at all. And not only in the tropics. The Aborigines of Tasmanian were totally naked year round and often lived in climates with significant snowfall. Southern Tasmania is climatically equivalent to New York. Hardly a warm place to live.\n\nPeople benefit from clothes, but as others have pointed out so dod  agreat many other species. The difference is that humans canmake clothes so we do. Most other species lack the ability. But there is no truth in the claim that humans NEED clothes except in the most extreme climates.\n\nThe next point ot recognise is that there are numerous species like termites, caddisflies and lacewings that would die within hours if exposed to even mild climates without protection. In the case of termites thatprobelm is solved by building large permanent structures. Ie the case of caddis flies and lacewings the problem is solved by constructing portable flexible protection out of debris glued together with silk. And what do we callportabale flexible protection? That's right, it's clothing.\n\nIn short the question can't be answered because it presumes two false conditions. Humans don't need clothes and numerous other species do need clothes.
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its called the H5N1 virus, and bird flu is more specifically known as the avian flu
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If you keep your parakeet isolated from other birds, it should have a very minimal chance of contracting the disease. The bird flu is spread by contact. It is possible that it might contract it from contact with you or your family. Wash your hands before coming in contact with the cage or the bird. There is also the possibility of having it on your clothes or shoes, but there is not a lot you can do about that. It will also help to keep the cage clean. Clean it daily. Also do not let the bird out of the cage. It might pick up the virus from around the house.
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While prior H5N1 strains have been known, they were significantly different from the current H5N1 strain on a genetic level, making the global spread of this new strain unprecedented. The current H5N1 strain is a fast-mutating, highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) found in multiple bird species.\n\nCountries that have reported one or more major H5N1 outbreaks in birds (causing at least thousands but in some cases millions of dead birds) are (in order of first outbreak occurrence): Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, China, Malaysia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Turkey, Romania, Croatia, Ukraine, Cyprus, Iraq, Nigeria, Egypt, India, France, Niger, Bosnia, Azerbaijan, Albania, Cameroon, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Israel, Pakistan, Jordan, Burkina Faso, Germany, Sudan. H5N1 has been found in birds in the wild in numerous other countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kuwait, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. Countries with massive bird die offs that do not confirm H5N1 include: Ethiopia.\n\nBird flu is any flu caused by a virus adapted to birds.\n\nIt is also called avian flu, avian influenza and bird influenza.\n\nThe only known such viruses are Influenza A viruses. All subtypes (but not all strains of all subtypes) of this species are adapted to birds, so for many purposes avian flu virus is Influenza A virus (the "A" does not stand for "avian").\n\nHowever most people use "avian flu" to mean H5N1 which is the subtype of the species Influenza A virus that is the world's major flu pandemic threat.\n\nSo "avian flu", "bird flu", "avian influenza", and "bird influenza" all mean the same thing; but are all used to mean these very different things:\n\n    * flu:\n          o flu from Influenza A viruses which are adapted to birds (the technically correct meaning)\n          o the flu acquired from any Influenza A viruses\n          o the H5N1 flu (flu acquired from H5N1)\n    * virus:\n          o Influenza A viruses which are adapted to birds\n          o the Influenza A viruses\n          o the H5N1 subtype of the Influenza A virus.
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It's the latest viral mad bird infection.  Good luck.
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To get the attention of chickens who are very cool.\nOr to make Fatboy get all sweaty.
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H5N1 is an avian influenza virus subtype. The H5N1 flu is what is commonly meant when speaking of "bird flu" or "avian influenza". It is a viral disease that causes illness in many species including humans and is a pandemic threat. Experts believe it might mutate into a form that transmits easily from person to person. If such a mutation occurs, it might remain an H5N1 subtype or could shift subtypes as did H2N2 when it evolved into the Hong Kong Flu strain of H3N2.\n\nH5N1 is widespread in the bird population. It is very easy for birds to catch avian flu from each other. Most humans known to have become infected had a lot of physical contact with infected birds, or, rarely, an infected relative. While H5N1 is mutating into variations which infect species not previously known to carry the virus, not all of these variations can infect humans.\n\nA highly pathogenic variation of H5N1 is currently spreading across the world from areas where it is endemic. Migrating waterfowl (wild ducks, geese, and swans) carry H5N1, often without themselves becoming sick. [1][2] Avian flu is also spread through domestic poultry, both through movements of infected birds and poultry products, and the use of infected poultry manure as fertiliser or feed. Humans with H5N1 have typically caught it from chickens, which were in turn infected by other poultry or waterfowl.\n\nH5N1 is currently endemic in birds in southeast Asia and is threatening to become endemic in birds everywhere else. Tens of millions of birds have died of H5N1 influenza and hundreds of millions of birds have been slaughtered and disposed of to try to control the spread of the disease [2].\n\nNot all cases of human H5N1 infection are reported and consequently the exact mortality rate is unknown. Earlier historical flu pandemics, which were also believed to be of avian origin, had reportedly an average mortality rate of 2.5-5%. The current projected worst case scenario for a H5N1 pandemic is somewhere around 150 million human deaths directly due to H5N1 infection (or two to three percent of the world's human population). No one knows what the chances are for this worst case scenario.\n\n\nHow do people become infected with avian influenza viruses? \n\nMost cases of avian influenza infection in humans have resulted from direct or close contact with infected poultry (e.g., domesticated chicken, ducks, and turkeys) or surfaces contaminated with secretions and excretions from infected birds. The spread of avian influenza viruses from an ill person to another person has been reported very rarely, and transmission has not been observed to continue beyond one person. During an outbreak of avian influenza among poultry, there is a possible risk to people who have direct or close contact with infected birds or with surfaces that have been contaminated with secretions and excretions from infected birds.   \n\n\nWhat are the symptoms of avian influenza in humans?\n\nSymptoms of avian influenza in humans have ranged from typical human influenza-like symptoms (fever, cough, sore throat, and muscle aches) to eye infections, pneumonia, severe respiratory diseases (such as acute respiratory distress syndrome), and other severe and life-threatening complications. The symptoms of avian influenza may depend on which specific virus subtype and strain caused the infection.\n\nHow is avian influenza detected in humans? \nA laboratory test is needed to confirm avian influenza in humans. \n\nWhat are the implications of avian influenza to human health? \nTwo main risks for human health from avian influenza are 1) the risk of direct infection when the virus passes from the infected bird to humans, sometimes resulting in severe disease; and 2) the risk that the virus – if given enough opportunities – will change into a form that is highly infectious for humans and spreads easily from person to person. \n\nHow is avian influenza in humans treated? \nStudies done in laboratories sug
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I think people wear underclothing to absorb the sweat and to protect their clothes from stains.  Underclothing also creates modesty as well.
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The bird flu is of the type H5N1.  This refers to the protein structure of the virus.  The virus can currently pass from bird to bird and from bird to human.  Bird to human spread is difficult.  Close contact with infected birds is needed, which is why it has been mainly poultry workers who have been infected.\n\nThere is a very high mortality rate in humans who contract H5N1.  However once the virus has infected a human it is unable to spread human to human and is therefore contained.  The worry is that the virus is able to mutate to allow human to human spread.  Humans have no natural immunity to H5N1 so if the virus does mutate there would be a Pandemic.\n\nAuthorities are  now trying to contain the virus to prevent the spread in bird  populations.  If they are successful the virus will be unable  to mutate and unnable to jump  the species barrier.\n\nGood web resources are the WHO and CDC websites and also the UK's Health Protection Agency.
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From the beef company... They bio-engineered the bird flu to make people scared of eating chicken.... They want to increase their share of the meat market....\n\n\nAt the same time, the chicken people (Tyson especially) is trying to come up with a cow flu to do the opposite... \n\nIt's a dangerous time to be a meat eater!!!
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right now, you have very little to fear.  the avian flu rarely infects humans and even in the rare instances that it does, it can not be transmitted from human to human.  however, the virus that is currently infecting birds (H5N1) can also infect pigs and while in the pigs it can transform into a strain that can infect humans (do to surface protein affinity--very long story).  that's when you need to worry.  but it hasn't happened yet.
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I assume you're referring to the bird flu that's currently spreading through western europe. It's important that you remember that very few birds can carry the disease; however, one of the ways that the disease spreads to humans is by contact with the feathers. The most likely ways of a human contracting the virus, though, are constant contact with the faeces of birds, as well as regular contact with their beaks. Of course, since birds preen their feathers using their beaks, it is possible that the virus could survive for a short time on the feathers, and so could be passed onto humans. If you're in any doubt as to whether you may have contracted the disease, you should go to a doctor immediately. Bird flu usually manifests itself first in the form of a minor eye infection, but can spread through the body quickly depending on the strain.\n\nIn the UK, the deadly H5N1 strain has only been confirmed to date in a single dead swan, and there are no confirmed cases of it being passed on to humans in the UK.\n\nBreeds of birds you should be especially careful with are swans, geese and ducks, as they are particularly susceptible to it and may carry it for several weeks without showing any symptoms whatsoever. Also, as they are migratory birds the risk of them carrying it from another country are greatly increased.\n\nAll that said, I wouldn't be too concerned about it; as long as you're careful and you're not in regular physical contact with birds you should be alright.\n\nAlex
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it's like.... a wolf in sheep's clothing.. or a sheep in wolf's clothing?\n\nwhen someone keeps himself safe by changing his appearance
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No, it's all a load of ****. Bird flu affects birds, but there is no risk to humans, unless you're in a job with high degrees of exposure to the animals and their droppings. There's been 113 deaths world wide, but NONE of these cases were transmitted from person to person.
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Players like Richard Hamilton and Sue Bird wear protective plastic face masks to protect and or nurse broken noses. Richard Hamilton wears his for every game because if he breaks his nose one more time, he will not be able to play professional basketball anymore.