Whats the latest with Bird Flu?

Question

Any progress on vaccine? Any human to human transmission? Is that still seen as inevitable? How is the gvt. doing stockpiling Tamiflu, and does it work? If you survive a bout with Bird Flu, are you immune if it comes around again? Any information welcome, thanks!

Answer 1

Europe set to announce task force on bird flu
EU - Europe will shortly unveil a task force for coordinating the continent's fight against bird flu, a leading European virologist said at a conference on H5N1 avian influenza. Reuters - Thursday, June 29, 2006
Economic impact of bird flu hinges on panic - experts
WASHINGTON - The severity of a global economic slowdown caused by a bird flu pandemic, estimated to slash 1 to 12 percent off world output, largely depends on how people and governments react, economists said on Wednesday. Bloomberg - Thursday, June 29, 2006
Severe Flu Pandemic May Cost Up to $2 Trillion, World Bank Says
A flu outbreak killing 70 million people worldwide may cause global economic losses of as much as $2 trillion, a World Bank official said.
A slump in tourism, transportation and retail sales, as well as workplace absenteeism and lower productivity, may cause the world economy to shrink by 3.1 percent, said Milan Brahmbhatt, a lead adviser in the East Asia region, citing a study by the Washington-based World Bank. The study predicted a surge in corporate bankruptcies in companies with a high level of debt to equity, such as airlines. Reuters - Thursday, June 29, 2006
Singapore lifts ban on Malaysian poultry imports
SINGAPORE - Singapore will lift a ban on imports of poultry and poultry products from neighbouring Malaysia after Malaysia declared that it is free from bird flu, officials said on Wednesday.
After a three-month suspension, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said it will lift the poultry import ban on the northern states of Perak and Selangor with effect from June 30. The China Post - Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Closing borders would be last bird flu option, U.S. official says
US - Closing U.S. borders would be the last option to combat the spread of bird flu, a senior State Department official said Monday.
It is far down the list of remedies because it would be unlikely to decrease the number of cases, would interrupt essential services and disrupt lawful border crossings, said Paula J. Dobriansky, undersecretary of state for democracy and global affairs. Bloomberg - Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Bird Flu Fatalities Almost Triple, Spurring Need for Treatments
Bird flu fatalities have almost tripled this year as the lethal virus spread across Asia, Europe and Africa, prompting calls for increased supplies of medicines to fight the virus and any pandemic it might spawn. AND - Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Fear of bird flu panics Zambians
ZAMBIA - The mysterious death of wild birds this week has panicked Zambians, fearing the arrival of avian influenza in Zambia long-recognised as vulnerable to the deadly H5N1 virus.
Poultry Association of Zambia executive director Mathews Ngosa said a delay by the government in confirming whether Zambia had become the seventh African country to suffer an outbreak has "killed our industry as people are now avoiding eating chickens". People's Daily Online - Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Bangladesh takes emergency program to prevent avian influenza
BANGLADESH - Bangladeshi government has taken up an emergency program to prevent spreading of avian influenza, widely known as bird flu virus, in Bangladesh, private news agency UNB reported Monday. Food Production Daily - Monday, June 26, 2006
Scientists issue caution against mass poultry vaccination
EU - With confirmed cases of human-to-human transmission of the avian influenza virus, scientists are now warning that mass vaccination of domestic poultry may hinder detection of the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease. The Guardian - Sunday, June 25, 2006
First cases found of avian flu caught from wild
AZERBAIJAN - Four people have died after catching avian flu from infected swans, in the first confirmed cases of the disease being passed from wild birds, scientists have revealed. Cidrap - Saturday, June 24, 2006
H5N1 mutation allegedly showed human transmission in Indonesia
INDONESIA - The recent family cluster of H5N1 avian influenza cases in Indonesia marks the first time laboratory tests confirmed human-to-human transmission, the World Health Organization (WHO) told reporters today. According to news reports, WHO officials said the virus mutated slightly when it infected a 10-year-old boy, and he passed the altered virus on to his father. Detection of the altered strain in both the boy and his father was evidence of direct transmission. Bloomberg - Friday, June 23, 2006
Sumatra Bird Flu Case Spread by Human Contact, Indonesia Says
INDONESIA - Human-to-human transmission is the most likely cause of bird flu last month in seven members of a family living on Indonesia's Sumatra Island, the country's Ministry of Health said. Peoples Daily Online - Thursday, June 22, 2006
WHO finds no human transmission in bird flu cluster in Indonesia
INDONESIA - The investigation conducted by a team of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the world's largest cluster death of bird flu in Indonesia's North Sumatra province found that the virus was transmitted from animal to human, Indonesian health minister said here Wednesday. Bloomberg - Thursday, June 22, 2006
WHO Asks China for Information on First Bird Flu Case
CHINA - The World Health Organization is asking China's Ministry of Health for information about a reported case of bird flu two years before the country disclosed its first human infection from the lethal virus. Reuters - Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Zambia tests for bird flu after chickens found dead
LUSAKA - Zambia is testing residents in the tourist resort city of Livingstone for bird flu after chickens were found dead in their owners' backyards, a health official said on Tuesday.
"We are investigating the matter but so far there has been no confirmation of an outbreak," Simon Miti, permanent secretary at the health ministry, said. Next 15





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Answer 2

Vaccines are generally ineffective, and may actually increase the rates of infection. Time and time again, this has been proven by hard, irrefutable science. And yet, drug companies control what is "acceptable," and "effective."

Here's the scoop. Agarikon, an ancient medicinal mushroom has been shown effective in deactivating the H5N1 virus, and is in fact used in the Defense department's bioshield program. This Mushroom is available through a company called New Chapter in a product called "host defense."

The general idea, here, is that our body will fight this virus, if we stop intefering with it. What did we do before modern medicine? Generally, had stronger immune systems and lived higher quality lives. The Bird Flu scare is like the SARS virus scare: a really sick joke, with drug companies praying that it will be a boon for its sales.

Answer 3

Tamiflu may work, no guarantee. There have been one or two cases where there could have been human to human transmission. Ducks can be carriers without dieing.

Answer 4

all and sundry in Alaska is amazingly worried at this factor. that's the time of year whilst hundreds upon hundreds of Asian and South American Birds migrate to Alaska for the summer. If it enters the u . s ., this is the place this is going to enter.

Answer 5

Linda
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Europe set to announce task force on bird flu
EU - Europe will shortly unveil a task force for coordinating the continent's fight against bird flu, a leading European virologist said at a conference on H5N1 avian influenza. Reuters - Thursday, June 29, 2006
Economic impact of bird flu hinges on panic - experts
WASHINGTON - The severity of a global economic slowdown caused by a bird flu pandemic, estimated to slash 1 to 12 percent off world output, largely depends on how people and governments react, economists said on Wednesday. Bloomberg - Thursday, June 29, 2006
Severe Flu Pandemic May Cost Up to $2 Trillion, World Bank Says
A flu outbreak killing 70 million people worldwide may cause global economic losses of as much as $2 trillion, a World Bank official said.
A slump in tourism, transportation and retail sales, as well as workplace absenteeism and lower productivity, may cause the world economy to shrink by 3.1 percent, said Milan Brahmbhatt, a lead adviser in the East Asia region, citing a study by the Washington-based World Bank. The study predicted a surge in corporate bankruptcies in companies with a high level of debt to equity, such as airlines. Reuters - Thursday, June 29, 2006
Singapore lifts ban on Malaysian poultry imports
SINGAPORE - Singapore will lift a ban on imports of poultry and poultry products from neighbouring Malaysia after Malaysia declared that it is free from bird flu, officials said on Wednesday.
After a three-month suspension, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said it will lift the poultry import ban on the northern states of Perak and Selangor with effect from June 30. The China Post - Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Closing borders would be last bird flu option, U.S. official says
US - Closing U.S. borders would be the last option to combat the spread of bird flu, a senior State Department official said Monday.
It is far down the list of remedies because it would be unlikely to decrease the number of cases, would interrupt essential services and disrupt lawful border crossings, said Paula J. Dobriansky, undersecretary of state for democracy and global affairs. Bloomberg - Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Bird Flu Fatalities Almost Triple, Spurring Need for Treatments
Bird flu fatalities have almost tripled this year as the lethal virus spread across Asia, Europe and Africa, prompting calls for increased supplies of medicines to fight the virus and any pandemic it might spawn. AND - Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Fear of bird flu panics Zambians
ZAMBIA - The mysterious death of wild birds this week has panicked Zambians, fearing the arrival of avian influenza in Zambia long-recognised as vulnerable to the deadly H5N1 virus.
Poultry Association of Zambia executive director Mathews Ngosa said a delay by the government in confirming whether Zambia had become the seventh African country to suffer an outbreak has "killed our industry as people are now avoiding eating chickens". People's Daily Online - Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Bangladesh takes emergency program to prevent avian influenza
BANGLADESH - Bangladeshi government has taken up an emergency program to prevent spreading of avian influenza, widely known as bird flu virus, in Bangladesh, private news agency UNB reported Monday. Food Production Daily - Monday, June 26, 2006
Scientists issue caution against mass poultry vaccination
EU - With confirmed cases of human-to-human transmission of the avian influenza virus, scientists are now warning that mass vaccination of domestic poultry may hinder detection of the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease. The Guardian - Sunday, June 25, 2006
First cases found of avian flu caught from wild
AZERBAIJAN - Four people have died after catching avian flu from infected swans, in the first confirmed cases of the disease being passed from wild birds, scientists have revealed. Cidrap - Saturday, June 24, 2006
H5N1 mutation allegedly showed human transmission in Indonesia
INDONESIA - The recent family cluster of H5N1 avian influenza cases in Indonesia marks the first time laboratory tests confirmed human-to-human transmission, the World Health Organization (WHO) told reporters today. According to news reports, WHO officials said the virus mutated slightly when it infected a 10-year-old boy, and he passed the altered virus on to his father. Detection of the altered strain in both the boy and his father was evidence of direct transmission. Bloomberg - Friday, June 23, 2006
Sumatra Bird Flu Case Spread by Human Contact, Indonesia Says
INDONESIA - Human-to-human transmission is the most likely cause of bird flu last month in seven members of a family living on Indonesia's Sumatra Island, the country's Ministry of Health said. Peoples Daily Online - Thursday, June 22, 2006
WHO finds no human transmission in bird flu cluster in Indonesia
INDONESIA - The investigation conducted by a team of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the world's largest cluster death of bird flu in Indonesia's North Sumatra province found that the virus was transmitted from animal to human, Indonesian health minister said here Wednesday. Bloomberg - Thursday, June 22, 2006
WHO Asks China for Information on First Bird Flu Case
CHINA - The World Health Organization is asking China's Ministry of Health for information about a reported case of bird flu two years before the country disclosed its first human infection from the lethal virus. Reuters - Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Zambia tests for bird flu after chickens found dead
LUSAKA - Zambia is testing residents in the tourist resort city of Livingstone for bird flu after chickens were found dead in their owners' backyards, a health official said on Tuesday.
"We are investigating the matter but so far there has been no confirmation of an outbreak," Simon Miti, permanent secretary at the health ministry, said. Next 15