Bird flu may cause next pandemic

King County Journal ^ | 11/27/04 | King Country Staff

[DoughtyOne]

Heh heh heh...

[DoughtyOne]

Pandemicly speacking, I've not been able to locate one to hugg.

[DoughtyOne]

Pandemicly speaking, I've not been able to locate one to hugg.

[pandemic_1918]

>>While Flu's unlikely to cause a billion deaths - pandemics tend to attenuate as they travel through human populations <<

So far the viruses in Vietnam and Thailand have been pretty stable. The case fatality rate has been in the 70-70% range in both countries and was similar at the beginning of this year and more recently

http://www.recombinomics.com/H5N1_case_mortality_rate.html

The sequences have been quite stable also (at least for H and N), but these recent cases were prior to migration

http://www.recombinomics.com/wild_H5N1.html

but pigeons falling from the sky

http://www.recombinomics.com/H5N1_pigeons.html

a ducks dying with paralysis

http://www.recombinomics.com/Viet_ducks.html
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may be signaling changes for the new season.

[pandemic_1918]

>>Those are knowledgeable people as well.<<

Have they posted lately?

[pandemic_1918]

>>Pandemicly speaking, I've not been able to locate one to hugg.<<

They are around

http://www.recombinomics.com/H5N1_case_mortality_rate.html