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Commentary by Avian Flu Diary on a machine translation provided by one of the news translators at Flutrackers regarding some disturbing news from Indonesia:...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
MIT - A Conversation with John Barry http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2007/11/mit-conversation-with-john-m-barry.html John Barry is the author of The Great Influenza: the Epic Story of the Deadlist...
Indonesia Says No to Sharing Virus Samples: I am providing a link to Effect Measure, and encouraging reading the comments following the link this time because they have some very important thoughts to...
One Community's Pandemic Plan This is the scenario we would likely see during a pandemic outbreak with alternate care centers instead of hospitals, receiving flu victims....
Viral Tsunami Commentary from Sophia Zoe's blog, as always informative, and thoughtful, this time concerns itself with the possibility of only one wave of viral infection instead of the multiple wave...
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Thanks for the info. I have been looking at the classifieds online, and I see that I can be on staff in an LTC. The difference is that those facilities will not use agency RNs, but will use agency...
Planning Based on the Reality of the Case Fatality Rate or Wishful Thinking? http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2007/11/variations-on-theme.html From Avian Flu Diary with
UK: DOH Statement On Flu Plan http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2007/11/uk-doh-statement-on-flu- plan.html [quote name=http://www.gnn.gov.uk/environment/fullDetail....
With the permission of Effect Measure: The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners. Paul Revere was a member of the first local Board of Health in the United...
With permission from the editors of Effect Measure: The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners. Paul Revere was a member of the first local Board of Health in...
Perhaps the stated scenario was not realistic. Let's look at what is. Here is a list of deaths in just the one country of Indonesia alone since 2005. Look at their ages. They died of influenza, H5N1,...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
Yes. It does sound more sinister perhaps because it is Europe, but look at the sheer numbers of birds culled in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia: This is the largest cull in any country that I am aware of,...
With permission from Effect Measure and apologies as well as warning for some profanity in this post. It is still well worth reading: The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health...
From Effect Measure with permission: The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners. Paul Revere was a member of the first local Board of Health in the United...
Pandemic Mitigation: Always remember, we are not helpless. We can prepare ourselves and communities Two good commentaries with excellent graphics from SophiaZoe's blog.:...
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Yemen This country is going to need international assistance quickly because this is an international problem: http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2007/11/worrying-news-f.html East Java, Indonesia...
A Day of Cautionary Statements Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization continues to warn of the possibility of a birdflu pandemic while Doctor Narendra Singh, the Pandemic...
I thought I knew the significant facts about WNV, but this link along with the comments from other science folks shed light on facts that I did not know. For example, I did not know that they test...
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Avian influenza outbreak in Turkey through health personnel's views: a qualitative study http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-7-330.pdf A report on the first human cases outside of...