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When I think of bird flu, I think of birds getting sick, not humans. But no one is talking about pigs getting sick now. Just people.
Sometimes my cat and I get sick at the same time... Cat flu? "Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms." -Dostoevsky
I haven't heard much about bird flu in America, so I guess I've not given it any thought.
Bird flu, by the way, is still infecting humans...
WHO | Avian influenza
WHO is coordinating the global response to human cases of H5N1 avian influenza and monitoring the corresponding threat of an influenza pandemic. Information on this page tracks the evolving situation and provides access to both technical guidelines and information useful for the general public.
the US government stockpiled tamiflu and vaccines in preparation for a bird flu pandemic that never came.
I remember considerable speculation that all of the flu scares at the turn of the millennium were ginned up by Roche to encourage sales of their market leading drug (Tamiflu) before it went out of copyright.
It has gone quiet on the flu front for a few years really, compared to the endless hype back then, and now we're getting something that might be a genuine problem. Roche must be distraught they can't clean up cos it's out of copyright now. keep to the Fen Causeway
Concern swine flu may be Tamiflu resistant | Otago Daily Times Online
Two New Zealanders expert in genetic shifts and mutations of influenza strains say there is a risk that the swine flu virus spreading out of Mexico may acquire resistance to Tamiflu.
