[monday]

"The Vienamese custom of drinking duck blood was not the reason why I posted this news report."

I understand that, but the fact remains, If Asians continue to drink duck blood, eventually bird flu will mutate into a form that can be transmitted easily between humans and could cause a epidemic.

[ex-Texan]

The virus has already mutated. That is the point of the article. A nurse in Vietnam caught the bird flu by casual contact with one patient apparently. The H5N1 virus has been transmitted by humans to humans in over 33% of the recorded fatalities in Asia. There are several very strange forms of the bird flu virus active in Korea. Highly virulent and not form H5N1.

This new form of the bird flu virus is called WSN/33 by medical researchers.

Brief excerpt:

[ WSN/33 ] is already transmissible from human-to-human, has been shown to be lethal in mice, has mutations in NA and PB2 that increase lethality, is widely available, and could be used [as a bioweapon] without genetic manipulation.

You may find the source Here

North Korea, China and Vietnam are the only places on earth where these viruses breed. Are you getting the picture yet. 'Nuff said.