I heard they are building pits in England because of the impending Bird Flu epidemic?
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Relax.  The media in the US is making people crazy about bird flu.  The rest of the world isn't concerned. Turn off the tv.
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I am afraid that the virus that causes bird flu will mutate and become airborne. That would be like the black plague. However, as of now, there is no need to panic. Even when the disease enters the US, for as long as there is no human to human transfer, just fowl to human, there is no need to panic. Just like any virus, the disease is self-limiting. What we have to do to prevent it is to boost our immune system and keep our bodies healthy
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Okay the first thing is that currently the brid flu is onyl contagoius from bird to human, not human to human. until the flu can be spread human to human we are okay. But that is what scientists fear. \n\nIs a bird flu pandemic imminent?\n\nShort answer: probably not. But there are many unknowns involved, making accurate prediction impossible.\n\nSooner or later, pandemic flu will happen. Flu pandemics sweep the globe from time to time as new flu bugs emerge. These bugs cause global epidemics -- pandemics -- because humans have little or no immunity to these viruses. Sometimes, as in the war-torn world of 1918, it's a terrible plague. Sometimes, as in 1957 and 1968, it's relatively mild.\n\nBird flu is still a bird disease. The H5N1 bird flu in Asia does not spread well from person to person. It's a leading contender to be the next pandemic flu bug because it has caused an unprecedented epidemic in poultry and wild birds across Asia and Eastern Europe. But nobody knows for sure whether this will be the flu that causes the next human pandemic.\n\nBird flu could become a human flu in two ways.\n\nIf a person were infected with a human flu and the bird flu at the same time, the two viruses could swap genes -- reassort -- and a human version of bird flu could emerge. This is what happened in the last two flu pandemics in 1957 and 1968.\n\nBird flu could also evolve into a form adapted to humans, as was the case in the 1918 flu pandemic. There's evidence the H5N1 bird flu virus has begun this process, but scientists say it isn't yet very far along. Nevertheless, a few H5N1 viruses isolated from humans have acquired some key 1918-like mutations.\n\nAt a World Health Organization news conference in May 2005, Klaus Stöhr, PhD, DVM, project leader for the WHO's Global Influenza Program, was asked whether a bird flu pandemic is imminent.\n\n"With this virus we have had very many surprises; we have had a very steep learning curve," Stöhr said. "We are seeing that it is changing very rapidly. We have also seen that it is not reassorting as everybody thought 18 months ago. So we do not know if a pandemic can occur next week or next year, or perhaps if another virus is going to cause a pandemic. We should simply continue with our pandemic preparedness."\n\nIs there a cure for bird flu?\n\nNo. There's no cure for any kind of flu. \n\nThe H5N1 bird flu bug has been particularly deadly for people unlucky enough to catch it from poultry. But if the bug learns to spread among humans, it almost certainly won't be as deadly as it is now, says Ira Longini, PhD, professor of biostatistics at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta.\n\n"Avian H5N1 looks like a [very high] case fatality in humans. But this has never been true of any human strain," Longini told WebMD. "There has never been any human influenza virus that has behaved that way in recorded or even unrecorded history. The case fatality of even highly virulent flu strains are a couple of deaths per 10,000 people."
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Isle of dogs has picked up in recent years and the development in that area has caused it to go a head of the all tie GHETTO Camberwell, trust me two ex-birlfriends have lived there. I know!
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I have heard stories of killer bees being a huge threat, a huge flu season for the last three years, so I'm a little skeptical about this bird flu.\n\nThat being said having an emergency plan for any contingency is ALWAYS a good thing.  The old Boy Scout motto of being alway prepared comes to mind
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The worrying thing is that this has actually happened - some numbskulls on a council estate attacked the home of a female paediatrician.\n\nMakes you despair of this country, doesn't it?\n\nYou know what - I actually feel EMBARRASSED for the twats that took this seriously. Wake up to yourselves, FOOLS!
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very concerned, think about chain reactions. lets say i have a infected chicken, and i skin it. i give the feathers to a pillow company and the rest to a processing company. lets say that a woman with three children buys the chicken, and she works at a school. think of all those people the workers and children pass by at work/school, and the people they love. that is serious.\n\nYes we should, unfortunately, we dont have antibodies for the avian flu. Yet.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) The spread of bird flu from Asia to eastern Europe and now west Africa has increased the chance the virus will mutate and set off a pandemic, the U.N. bird flu chief said. \nEach day the possibility of an Avian Flu pandemic comes dangerously closer. We want to help you and your family prepare before it strikes . The virus has now spread into 42 countries and the list is growing every day.  There is human-to-human spread (in spite of what you may have heard). The virus is seeking efficiency in human infection. There are now documented 'mixes' with other viruses. Because of Katrina, you would think governments would be handling this differently. But no, ultimately, nothing changes. There will be two types of people: Those who accept the fact that they are on their own, and those who think someone will come to save them and their family.\nThe progression of Avian Influenza into an efficient human-to-human form becomes statistically more likely every day. No one can prevent this epidemic, but we want to keep our families safe and protected in the event that the outbreak occurs. We are here for the realists. Helping others get past the obstacles and to create a plan for both avoiding infection and for having the proper supplies is our goal. We have put quite a lot of thought and preparation into what we (and many of our greatest scientists) believe may be inevitable.  \n\n \n\nIf a SuperFlu sweeps the globe, who will haul away the garbage? Who will grow, package, and transport food and other necessities? Stock and sell the groceries we need to survive? Protect us from criminals? Keep electricity, gas, and water flowing? We have only a small portion of the medical infrastructure we need to handle this. Within days, our health care system will be completely overwhelmed. Are you one of the people who can make intelligent decisions, and make it through this?\n\nGoto this site it will help you to prepare:\nhttp://www.planforflu.com/\n\nI hope this helped.....\n\nDon
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Actually, the bird flu is a pandemic, and it sort of could be a plague if it spreads more
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I read that the only people that are really in danger of getting the bird flu, are people that handle chickens on a regular basis, i.e. those people that raise them, and are in close contact with them all the time.  I really don't think it will reach this side of the globe.\n\nOh sorry, I thought you said South America.
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http://www.reaseheath.ac.uk/widepart/sporing.jpg
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Sounds like that Liberian Minister of Scratchflopp who needs your bank account number to bring his millions here.\nWe're being killed because stupid politicians allowed, for the first time in recorded history, the existence of a fatal infectious condition to be kept secret.\nWe have no cure for ANY viral disease yet; just a couple vaccines for a few strains. \nWhy stop research? Ignorance isn't bliss, it's death, dummy.
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The bird flu has not been spread outside Asia yet to my knowledge. It is possible from research studies of the Bird Flu that it could become airborne, spread through breathing, if that happens, a world panic would occur. Hopefully it doesn't and researchers will find a cure for it.
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im from indonesia, its so damn dangerous in my country. the bird flu has spread everywhere. you must take care for your pet.
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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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Did you hear that the pope has contracted the bird flu? I hear he got it from a cardinal!
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Whatever ...\nBoth will now die due to the avian flu ..