Posted on 08/01/2006 2:24:02 PM PDT by blam
Drat. Now I'm going to have to go panic about and die from something else.
The science that I am used to is about 99% predictable and 1% off the wall. It is highly predictable that the bird flu would not be virulent when combined with the human version. I'm not sure why Spanish flu became the 1%. But Swine flu falls in the 99%.
Then there is the government in all it's wisdom to contend with.
I appreciate Judith Anne's comments.
BA
Thanks for the info Smokin' Joe.
The group comes from Karo district in North Sumatra province where bird flu killed as many as seven people in an extended family in May, triggering fears the H5N1 bird flu virus had mutated into a form that could spread easily between people.
"Whether it is a new cluster or not, that must be scientifically proved," said Runizar Ruesin, head of the bird flu information centre at Indonesia's health ministry.
He said the seven were admitted to the local Kaban Jahe hospital, with three referred to the state-run Adam Malik hospital.
The latter three are children -- two siblings aged 10 and six and their 18-month-old neighbour.
"I am still waiting for the result of the tests."
Another official said chickens in the area where they lived had died and tested positive for bird flu. Sick poultry is the usual mode of transmission of the disease, endemic in birds in about two-thirds of the country's provinces.
Cluster of 7 and it looks tertiary as if one contracted from a bird and spread among it the others.
Although that's not known for sure, everyone is REALLY keeping a close eye on this.
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