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2006-08-16 10:46:26 · 6 answers · asked by ccMarie 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Bird flu is still an issue. Although it doesn't make the front page anymore, as other headlines are more appealing, parts of Asia are still ravished by the disease. Countries like Indonesia are finding it very hard to cope with the virus. Read the latest story here:
http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2006/08/l...
Although apparently the virus has not yet found a way to be transmitted from person to person, it is a very deadly disease among birds. However, aggressive measures to contain any outbreaks prove effective in countries which can afford them (it is said, for example, that one of the reasons Indonesia si so heavily struck by the disease is that it cannot afford to kill all the chickens in the affected areas, to stop the spread of the virus, because they would have to reimburse the villagers for the birds). The virus has even spread to European country, but so far the cases are scarce and governments deal with them swiftly, as the Dutch one did:
http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2006/08/v...
Another reason why you don't see bird flu in the news anymore is that, compared to autumn, summer is a quiet time for the disease. Birds will be on the move once again in autumn and countries which lie on migratory paths of wild fowl fear the virus might be spread this way. Wild birds are natural carriers of the virus and ironically seem to be quite immune to the disease. This way, they can fly for thousands of miles and spread the disease anywhere along their path. Expert predictions say that a worst case scenario could see the virus cause a pandemic and claim the lives of up to 300 million people world wide (it is a great exaggeration one opinion stated here that a third of the world population could be killed...that's just huge and impossible actually).
Prevention measures are taken in countries all around the world, so until the issue becomes serious in your region too, you have little to worry about. If you need any information on he disease, its symptoms, oigins, treatment or just daily updated news, just visit this website:
http://www.bird-flu-center.com
2006-08-17 21:57:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Made up.
When people forget about it and the powers that be need us to be afraid again, it will resurface as an epidemic.
Keep in mind the only company that makes the 'supposed' cure is owned in part by upper government officials.
It's a moneymaker for them, nothing more.
2006-08-16 17:52:24 · answer #2 · answered by p_rutherford2003 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hello they found the bird flu in the US but its not the kind thats killing people
2006-08-16 17:51:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's still around, and as last I heard, it had been transfered to livestock. I believe even a cat got it.
But, the media buried it, with the newfound Isreal/Lebennon war and other news stories they consider to be "top priority".
2006-08-16 17:52:43 · answer #4 · answered by drizzt_234 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question! there was a story about that in the news, and they said there could be a first sign here in the U S. I miss the report so I didnt catch it all.
2006-08-16 17:52:39 · answer #5 · answered by lilly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They all had chicken soup and got over it.
2006-08-16 18:28:02 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋