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The Fowl and Inconvenient Truth She's a great reporter. I wonder how does she get away with telling the truth? From Jakarta's best writer on bird flu, Emmy Fitri:...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
Indonesia - 103rd Death The news is usually bad from there with a rising case fatality rate: http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2008/02/jakarta-tries-t.html...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
Is Something Happening in Pakistan? http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2008/02/is-something-ha.html This article is notable for two reasons. First for giving out fallacious information from a...
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Fascinating article, Emmanul Goldstein. It's good to keep an open mind about this disease. I find it hard to believe that so many people are being called crazy with these types of physical symptoms....
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Good radio interview with Dr. Henry Niman of Recombinomics from 1/28/08 gives an overview of the history of the H5N1 virus, and why there is concern that this is may be the next pandemic virus. I did...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
Has Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 come to the US? http://www.scottmcpherson.net/journal/2008/1/31/has-tamiflu-resistant-h1n1-come-to-the-us.html Millions of Birds to Be Culled in Four States...
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The Truth - H5N1 Is Diverse and Widespread in Wild Birds in the UK The evidence is in the sequence analysis of the viruses, even if only partial sequences have been released. This is how you will know...
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widespread tamiflu resistance in human h1n1 matches h5n1 this is important information. tamiflu is the main defense that we have for treating and preventing influenza. in a pandemic situation it's...
No Magic Bullets to Fight Panflu http://www.scottmcpherson.net/journal/2008/1/30/no-magic-bullets-to-fight-panflu.html H1N1 is a seasonal flu. As you know, it's the kind of flu that some people get...
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West Bengal Wants Foreign Help With Bird Flu We should have known that it was coming, and indeed we should be helping. If H5N1 is not halted or at least delayed there, it will reach other areas...
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A Series of Unfortunate Events in West Bengal A good article on how it got so bad in West Bengal. http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20080215250301300.htm (hat tip crofsblog) Indonesia, 101st...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
An American grandmother staying in India shares her view of what is happening over there. She is on a spiritual journey, it appears, but is unable to ignore the s/s of bird flu surrounding her: (hat...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
An abstract on a new study saying that the 1918 flu had a milder version that occurred a few months prior to the devasting strain of the autumn of 1918. I have heard this before, that in various...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
The UK Maybe it does not seem important that more swans in the UK are testing positive for H5N1, but it does mean that the virus is present in Europe. Remember, it does not stay put. It will spread...
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CIDRAP's Update on the Bangkok Bird Flu Conference Here are some of the topics discussed amongst the scientists and practioners attending this conference in Thailand. I found the discussion of the...
Authors Defend Study of Nondrug Measures in 1918 http://www.cidrap.umn.edu//cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/news /jan2508nyc-jw.html If you read Barry's book, in the few places that did use measures...
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West Bengal Asking for "All Possible Help" Clearly this is an SOS call. I think that they had better send in the cavalry. This sounds like they are drowning and, are going down for the third and last...
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Bird Flu Returns http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1706889,00.html?xid=rss-topstories (hat tip fluwiki/mojo) Excellent photos depicting bird flu across the
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Reading some of these reports is like watching a horror movie. It is very difficult to take in that this is what is happening in these countries affected by H5N1. Bangladesh...