Pandemic News/Awareness.

[indigo girl]

I had to close the other panflu thread as it was way too long, and becoming unreadable. I am starting this one with info on the agenda of this meeting tomorrow in Congress. I am linking to Flutrackers because all of the info is right there and easily readable from this post: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=61735&postcount=1

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Taiwan and Thailand working on their own vaccines:

http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2007/01/taiwan-and-thailand-working-on-their.html

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White Washing with the Flu - Effect Measure:

http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2007/01/whitewashing_with_the_flu.php#more

[indigo girl]

Bangladesh, still culling, this is a terrible problem for such a poor country:

http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2007/05/bangladesh_keep.html

Some 8,500 chickens were culled in three poultry farms here Friday evening following detection of bird flu in a nearby farm.

[indigo girl]

Indonesia, another death attributed to H5N1 via confirmed lab testing x 2. The victim is a 29 year old woman from Sumatra.

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=79398&postcount=2

[indigo girl]

India, unconfirmed H5N1, and unexplained poultry deaths. It is likely that this will probably be very bad news for India:

http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2007/05/bird_flu_scare_.html

China is being watched with much interest. Does not sound much like avian flu, and unless there are human deaths, we will probably never know the cause. I remember hearing of millions of pigs dying with similiar symptoms last year in China:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=79351&postcount=3

[indigo girl]

Nigeria is still having outbreaks. Without more serious assistance from the

rest of the world, it is unlikely that this will improve very much.

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=79421&postcount=1

[Ayrman]

report: national guard may be needed to enforce quarantine in flu pandemic

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,271057,00.html

washington- military and civilian health facilities will be overwhelmed if a nationwide flu pandemic hits the united states, and the national guard may have to be called out to provide medical help and even enforce a quarantine, the defense department warned in a report released wednesday.

as the pentagon fights criticism from congressional democrats that the war in iraq is depleting the national guard's ability to help out in domestic crises, the 86-page report says a possible pandemic could require national guard assistance in supplying medical aid or isolating groups of people to minimize further spread of the disease.

food for thought indeed. somebody in office somewhere must believe things will turn bad quickly.

ayrman

[indigo girl]

From Dept of Defense:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=79847&postcount=1

[indigo girl]

India, bird flu panic:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=79800&postcount=1

[indigo girl]

Two good essays on working during a pandemic:

http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2007/05/priorities-and-pandemic-ethics.html

http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2007/05/hcw-dilemma.html

[indigo girl]

The WHO on prepandemic vaccines:

http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2007/05/who-on-prepandemic-vaccines.html

[indigo girl]

Docs in UK, critical of pandemic plan:

http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2007/05/uk-doctors-highly-critical-of-pandemic.html

[indigo girl]

Bangladesh

Avian flu appears to be spreading in this country. It will be difficult to stop if farmers are

not cooperating. Many of the people are being treated prophylactically with

the local version of Tamiflu.

This is a very dangerous situation with far reaching consequences if they

do not get this under control.

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=80001&postcount=1

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=80146&postcount=5

[indigo girl]

Hungary admits to being the possible source of the H5N1 virus that

that caused an outbreak at a British turkey factory farm. The virus

found in Britain is virtually identical to the virus in Hungary so that this

information is not surprising. The admission is the surprise.

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=80170&postcount=1

Bognar Lajos, Hungary's deputy chief veterinary officer, conceded that the H5N1 virus could have gone undetected in a Hungarian turkey flock which was sent to slaughter.

Mr Lajos said: "It is possible that the virus was still in an incubation period in a flock and no symptoms would have been seen. Such a flock could have been sent to slaughter and the meat transported to the UK. The problem was not with Hungary though. The problem was Bernard Matthews and its biosecurity."