100m could die in flu pandemic, says WHO (Promoter perishes in Zot pandemic)

Mail & Guardian Online ^ | 11/29/04 | Agence France=Presse

[SC DOC]

The current vaccine would not be protective for humans. The H5N1 virus affects birds only. However, it is not unusual for an avian virus to combine with a human virus to form a new flu strain. Until that happens, new vaccines cannot be developed, and old vaccines would be of little benefit.

[Halgr]

Yes the sky is falling....but, prudence dictates that we keep an eye out...I know I will.

[rabidralph]

Keyboards are the biggest spreader of flu virus to chickens. You better log out.

[pandemic_1918]

>>OK, so why did you sign up two days ago to post a flurry of threads warning of a flu pandemic?<<

The lack of intelligent information on earlier threads was scarier than the pandemic. I was working on getting the boards in order - the posters had MANY misconceptions.

I didn't write the news stories, just commented on comments.

[NautiNurse]

Here are some impressive numbers:

Since 11/27/2004,
pandemic_1918 has submitted fifty (50) posts,
across five (5) threads
--and 100% of these posts address the flu.

[pandemic_1918]

>> because the flu will not be exactly the same<<

The case fatality rate for H5N1 in 2004 is 10X the number for the 1918 flu pandemic

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

and the population is 5X bigger.

Do the math.

[Gabz]

WHO also claims that obesity and smoking are epidemics........

[pandemic_1918]

>>The H5N1 virus affects birds only<<

No, H5N1 was already broadened its host range to pigs, cats, mice, ferrets, and humans.

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

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

http://www.recombinomics.com/swine_h5n1.html

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

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

[Puppage]

Since 11/27/2004, pandemic_1918 has submitted fifty (50) posts, across five (5) threads --and 100% of these posts address the flu.

He's obviously a CYBER HYPOCONDRIAC

[bill1952]

Do you where that flu originated, and how and why it spread?

Won't happen again.

[Born Conservative]

He/she just signed up 2 days ago. Perhaps the goals of these posts are free advertising/marketing for Recombinomics?

[Gabz]

Living on the DelMarVa penninsula, I am always interested in stories regarding any sort of avian influenza.......HOWEVER, having lived here morethan 20 years I am well acquainted with the major precautions taken to protect not only the flocks, but humans as well.

Heck my nearest neighbors, who I can see out my window, are 150,000+ chickens and the poultry idustry is the largest year round private employer in this county. 50 miles north, Sussex County, Delaware is THE largest poultry producing county in the nation.

Avian flu is taken very seriously in these parts..........hysterics from WHO are not.

[Born Conservative]

see post #31

[SC DOC]

Thanks for the update. Looks like the virus has already recombined.

[Proud_texan]

From what I've read and heard about the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic the strain still lives on in water fowl and at some point it may make the jump back to humans either as the same strain or a variant.

From the stories my father told me the Spanish flu hit younger/middle age people. He said one day you'd see so and so walking down the street and two/three days later they'd be dead. Of course our technology is far advanced from 1918 and I don't think the sky is falling, but the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic is an interesting bit of history that isn't all that well known.

[RaceBannon]

Next thing you know people will start complaining about Global Cooling....

[corkoman]

OK - whats so bad about the photos of JenaneneG is that I have this knee-jerk reaction before I realize its her - and the bad thing is...omg...i find her attractive. (sound of feet running off of roof)

[Theo]

And if people die in large numbers, it's the fault of lawyers. Maybe this'll be a wake-up call to bring about tort reform.

[dansangel]

My flu-epidemic answer:

[dansangel]

Don't feel too badly - Glamor Shots (tm) can do wonders with almost anyone.
:-)