[Rixttle]

I went over to that other bird flu forum and people are realling panicking over there. It's almost too scary to watch. They say a lot of people are about to die. I went to www.SuperFluTalk.com
Freaky....

[Rixttle]

sorry to start a new thread. it's my first time here. I meant to reply to the other one. sorry!

[Eli]

That site is nothing to get too excited over just a bunch of people who are feeding off their own fears.

There is still no evidence that I have seen or read that the bird flu has gone Human to Human in Turkey. If you know of any info or news reports to the contrary please post away.

[FoxV]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Rixttle', 'I') went over to that other bird flu forum and people are realling panicking over there.

[bobbyald]

Is it just a coincidence that BIRD flu is causing deaths in TURKEY ?

[frankthetank]

Maybe those people should go hid in the wilderness, until the flu passes?

[DomusAlbion]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bobbyald', 'I')s it just a coincidence that BIRD flu is causing deaths in TURKEY ?

[JeeBoomba]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Eli', 'T')hat site is nothing to get too excited over just a bunch of people who are feeding off their own fears.

[KevO]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Rixttle', 'I') went over to that other bird flu forum and people are realling panicking over there. It's almost too scary to watch. They say a lot of people are about to die. I went to www.SuperFluTalk.com
Freaky....

[Trindelm]

Well according to the Wall Street Journal, Japanese Chicken Farmers are showing Bird Flu Antibodies without symptoms. Tried getting the online WSJ link but you'll need a subscription as I only have a 6 month trial.

[NeoPeasant]

The only real personal defense for a pandemic is physical isolation from the public for an extended period, as well as independence from utilities and services which might very well fail.
I am prepared to do this already because it is pretty much the same as preparing for the period of social turmoil that a hard crash would likely cause.
So by preparing for oil crash, you are coincidentally preparing to avoid a pandemic.

[TITAN]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bobbyald', 'I')s it just a coincidence that BIRD flu is causing deaths in TURKEY ?

[aahala]

According to the morning's new reports, the Bird Flu must be one
of the most slowly moving epidemics in the history of man.

The first Bird Flu death was reported in 2003. The total, as of this
morning's accounts is now 80. About 75 of these were in Asia and
Turkey. The rest of the world about 5.

More than 5 people are likely to die this month in the US
due to drivers losing control of a vehicle and crashing into the victims
home.

[green_achers]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he first Bird Flu death was reported in 2003. The total, as of this
morning's accounts is now 80. About 75 of these were in Asia and
Turkey. The rest of the world about 5.

[falser]

RANDY: Stanley, listen to me.
I have SARS. There's only a ninety-eight
percent chance that I will live.

STAN: No, Dad, NO.

RANDY: Listen, Stan. SARS is destroying
our people. The Native Americans put
it in the blankets they gave us. Soon
there will be only ninety-eight percent
of us left.

STAN: What can I do?

RANDY: You... must find a cure for
SARS, son. And save our people.

(sorry, I had to)

[TITAN]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('falser', '[')b]RANDY: Stanley, listen to me.
I have SARS. There's only a ninety-eight
percent chance that I will live.

STAN: No, Dad, NO.

RANDY: Listen, Stan. SARS is destroying
our people. The Native Americans put
it in the blankets they gave us. Soon
there will be only ninety-eight percent
of us left.

STAN: What can I do?

RANDY: You... must find a cure for
SARS, son. And save our people.

(sorry, I had to)

[TheTurtle]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('KevO', '
')If it's goes as bad as some fear and it keeps a 50% mortality rate, which may go down as well as up, then it's the end of civilisation.

[Leanan]

That's a good point. Most of the areas that have been affected are extremely rural. There may be no doctors for miles around, and by the time they get out there, people are either seriously ill or recovered.

OTOH, I'm not so sure that human-to-human transmission is the worst we have to fear. Bird-to-human, if it becomes more contagious, could be even worse. Birds are everywhere. It would be easier to avoid people than to avoid birds. The Four Corners hantavirus epidemic was caused small amounts mouse droppings/urine, which dried, turned to dust, and became airborne, where it was inhaled by people.

[HonestPessimist]

We all gonna die! It's the end of the world!

Seriously we have not seen a rapid human-to-human transmission of the bird flu mutation among human beings so far. We would expect as soon as one person is infected, the next five persons from that infected person get infected within an hour, 6 hours, 12 hours or the whole day. Five infected persons infect ten more people and so on.

We have not seen that immediate or rapid infections of people with bird flu so far.

[RdSnt]

Tonight at 9pm EST on CBC's Fifth Estate, they are presenting a dramatic documentary style story of what a BF pandemic would look like if it broke out today.
It's based on the current planning that is being undertaken by governments at all levels and in a number of countries.