h5n1 DNA in flu mist

[kareem.kat1]

If you want to see the newest pearl of wisdom, search this topic. All of the usual 911nut jobs have picked it up. No one else seems to care.

Gee I wonder how these guys will explain - that the Avian Flu epidemic they confidently predict does not happen.

I'm sure they'll come up with something!

 

[waltky]

Granny says dey doin' it so's Big Pharma can make more money sellin' more flu vaccine...

Controversial bird flu work resumes
23 January 2013 - Controversial research into making bird flu easier to spread in people is to resume after a year-long pause.

Some argue the research is essential for understanding how viruses spread and could be used to prevent deadly pandemics killing millions of people. Research was stopped amid fierce debate including concerns about modified viruses escaping the laboratory or being used for terrorism. The moratorium gave authorities time to fully assess the safety of the studies. A type of bird flu known as H5N1 is deadly and has killed about half the people who have been infected.

It has not caused millions of deaths around the world because it lacks the ability to spread from one person to another. Cases tend to come from close contact with infected birds. Scientists at the Erasmus University in the Netherlands and the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US discovered it would take between five and nine mutations in the virus' genetic code to allow it to start a deadly pandemic.

Dangerous science?

Their research was the beginning of a long-running furore involving scientists, governments and publishers of scientific research. The US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity asked academic journals not to publish key parts of the findings. It was concerned terrorists would use the details to develop a biological weapon. It provoked outcry among some scientists who said their academic freedom was being restricted. Other scientists said the risk of the virus spreading was too great for such research to take place and described it as a folly.

The details were eventually published in the journals Nature and Science. However, the academics involved agreed to a voluntary 60-day moratorium on research - which was later extended to more than a year. It was to give governments time to review safety standards needed in laboratories to conduct research with enhanced viruses and whether they wanted to fund such research.

Back on

 

[Mad Scientist]

Walt, have you been enjoying yourself resurrecting so many of these old threads lately?

 

[SAYIT]

Walt, have you been enjoying yourself resurrecting so many of these old threads lately?

I take that to mean you have a lot of embarrassing skeletons in your closet.

 

[Mad Scientist]

Walt, have you been enjoying yourself resurrecting so many of these old threads lately?

I take that to mean you have a lot of embarrassing skeletons in your closet.

Are you interested in joining me there? Is THAT the real reason you've been giving me all this attention lately?

Why don't you start a thread in the Flame Zone or Rubber Room so we can "talk" about it Princess.

 

[SAYIT]

Walt, have you been enjoying yourself resurrecting so many of these old threads lately?

I take that to mean you have a lot of embarrassing skeletons in your closet.

Are you interested in joining me there? Is THAT the real reason you've been giving me all this attention lately?

Why don't you start a thread in the Flame Zone or Rubber Room so we can "talk" about it Princess.

Nah. It fun watching you hang there. Enjoy!

 

[waltky]

H5N1 kills two in Cambodia...

New Bird Flu Case Raises Fears in Cambodia
January 28, 2013 — Two Cambodians have already died from bird flu in 2013, making a worrying start to the year.

Now a two-year-old Cambodian girl is in a serious condition in Phnom Penh after being hospitalized with the H5N1 virus, also known as avian, or bird, flu. Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan, the communications officer for the World Health Organization in Phnom Penh, says the development has health professionals concerned. “This is the fourth case this month of human influenza H5N1," Krishnan said. "Last year we had three cases, so within one month in the new year we've got four cases, and we're quite concerned about that.” H5N1, which can spread from infected poultry to people, was first detected in humans in 1997 in Hong Kong. It is potent: to date it has killed some 360 people worldwide, more than half of those confirmed as infected. The latest victims here were a 15-year-old girl, who died a week ago, and a 35-year-old man, who died last Wednesday. A baby who fell ill earlier in the month has recovered.

Over the weekend officials culled and burned more than 4,000 chickens and ducks in the village that was home to the 15-year-old victim. However, other diseases such as dengue and malaria kill many more people than H5N1, so Krishnan was asked what is the concern with avian flu? “Well our specific worry is that this H5N1 virus could undergo what we call a recombination and then re-assortment with another influenza virus," he explained, "and that could give rise to a new virus that is transmittable between humans - so that’s our main concern.” Cambodia is a predominantly agricultural nation, and every village has its chickens and ducks. Health ministry staff are monitoring those who came into contact with the patients who were infected, and teams from the agriculture ministry are testing poultry in the affected villages and destroying sick birds.

On Friday Health Minister Mam Bunheng called on parents to ensure their children wash their hands regularly, and stay away from sick and dead poultry. He also advised that children who develop breathing difficulties should be taken directly to the nearest health clinic. Krishnan says TV and radio are being used to spread that message. “So from this week onwards we're going to increase the number of radio and TV spots - telling them how to protect themselves and their families from avian influenza," he explained. "Especially to watch out for children playing with chickens - and also a very important message is to wash your hands.” Cambodia reported its first cases of H5N1 in 2005 when four people died. To date the worst year was 2011 when eight people were infected. All eight died. The country’s weak health sector is a hindrance and likely goes some way to explaining why Cambodia’s avian flu fatality rate of nearly 90 percent - 21 dead from a total of 24 infected - is so much higher than the global average of around 60 percent.

The WHO’s Krishnan cautions against drawing too many conclusions from that, pointing out that the sample size is small. But, he says, there are local factors that compound the problem. When people fall ill, the first place their relatives take them is typically the local pharmacy or a private clinic. H5N1 can kill in little more than a week after infection, so losing a few days in failed treatments and misdiagnoses can be fatal. “So as the cases get worse and when the local clinics or the pharmacies can no longer prescribe any medicine, that’s when they're told to bring the kid or the patient to the hospital, and when they reach the hospital the chances are slim that they would survive,” Krishnan said. One looming complication is Chinese New Year, which starts on February 10. It is a time when large numbers of poultry are transported to markets, and that raises the risk that infected birds could spread the disease. Health professionals are hoping the information efforts underway now will pay off.

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[waltky]

Duck killer dies of bird flu...

Vietnamese Man Dies of H5N1 Bird Flu
January 21, 2014 ~ A 52-year-old man in Ho Chi Minh City has become the first person in Vietnam to die from bird flu in nine months.

Vietnamese health officials said Tuesday the man was hospitalized January 11 with a high fever and died a week later. He tested positive for the H5N1 virus. Earlier, the man reportedly killed a duck and came into contact with chickens at a market where several birds later died of unknown causes.

It is Vietnam's first bird flu death since April, when a four-year-old child died. The World Health Organization reports that 63 people have died of bird flu in Vietnam since 2003. Worldwide, WHO said 385 people have died out of a total of 649 confirmed H5N1 cases in humans.

The virus usually only infects humans who come into direct contact with diseased birds. Some scientists fear H5N1 could mutate into a form readily transmissible between humans, with the potential to cause many more deaths.

Vietnamese Man Dies of H5N1 Bird Flu

 

[rdean]

Influenza viruses constantly change and it’s possible that this virus could gain the ability to spread easily and sustainably among people, triggering a global outbreak of disease (pandemic).

CDC - Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus | Avian Influenza (Flu)

Right wingers don't believe in evolution so they will always be safe from disease. Besides, the only thing vaccines do is cause autism. Just ask Michelle Bachmann. If we are lucky, they will stop being vaccinated and we can see if it's true.

 

[freedombecki]

Influenza viruses constantly change and it’s possible that this virus could gain the ability to spread easily and sustainably among people, triggering a global outbreak of disease (pandemic).

CDC - Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus | Avian Influenza (Flu)

Right wingers don't believe in evolution so they will always be safe from disease. Besides, the only thing vaccines do is cause autism. Just ask Michelle Bachmann. If we are lucky, they will stop being vaccinated and we can see if it's true.

I actually knew an elderly woman in my church back in the 1970s whose husband died in the flu epidemic of 1918. She never remarried, converted his dentistry office into a teeth-cleaning business and earned a living for herself and their two children through the thick and thin of the 30s. 1918 Flu Pandemic That Killed 50 Million Originated in China, Historians Say

If we are lucky, 50 million people will not die because people are getting their vaccinations, especially if they go abroad to places where chickens are carriers of the disease to humans.

We can treat people with autism. We cannot treat people lying in a grave.

 

[daws101]

Study Volunteers Paid $3,000 to Get Flu

Sunday, 26 Jan 2014 10:43 AM

Forget being sneezed on: Government scientists are deliberately giving dozens of volunteers the flu by squirting the live virus straight up their noses.

It may sound bizarre, but the rare type of research aims to show how the body fights off influenza. Scientists hope to use the research to improve flu vaccines.

Read Latest Breaking News from Newsmax.com Research Volunteers Paid $3,000 to Get Flu

now American commie and all the conspiracy nut sacks can do something worthwhile

 

[Rat in the Hat]

Walt, have you been enjoying yourself resurrecting so many of these old threads lately?

Hey, lay off him.

He's one of the very few posters who will search to see if there's an existing thread before he posts something.



Sended fum muh iFoam usin sum majikl whitey ju-ju shit.

 

[waltky]

Deadly chickens in Cameroon...

H5N1 Virus Resurfaces in Cameroon
June 02, 2016 — Huge quantities of live chickens and other table birds are stockpiling in Kiossi on Cameroon's southern border, following a ban on Cameroon table birds by neighboring Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. The ban was announced as a result of the resurgence of the avian influenza virus that has claimed 40,000 birds.

Farm owner Elizabeth Medoung is transporting her birds from Yaounde to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. She says at Kiossi she was informed that those countries had banned the sale of poultry from Cameroon. She says Cameroon authorities have asked them to stop selling birds, claiming there is a disease killing fouls in Yaounde, and they have no other choice but to accept the order and look for markets elsewhere.

Chickens with H5N1 virus.​

The H5N1 virus reappeared in Cameroon on May 22, after an 8-year absence. It claimed 20,000 chickens, and 20,000 others were destroyed in the capital, Yaounde. Cameroon's minister of livestock, fishing and animal industry, Dr. Taiga, says among measures taken to protect both people and birds from further contamination was the prohibition of the sale of poultry in Yaounde, the only town affected so far. He says he has prohibited the exit and entry of poultry in Yaounde and ordered the immediate killing and burial of all birds in the affected area. He says he has prohibited the movement of people and animals to the affected areas, and ordered more stocks of antiretroviral treatment and individual protection gadgets. He says he has asked his collaborators to investigate if all those who came into contact with the poultry farms in question were affected.

Prices drop

Since the announcement that the virus had resurfaced in Yaounde, poultry farm owners began looking for markets out of the capital city. The price of chicken has fallen by at least 50 percent, from about 20 U.S. dollars per 4 to 5 Kg chicken to barely 10 dollars. Veterinary doctor Ichakou Albert, also communication officer of Cameroon's inter-professional council of poultry farmers, says it has dealt a blow to their business and they have asked the government to educate the population that the virus was discovered only in Yaounde. He says it is a difficult and very serious situation for them and he wants to indicate that it is an isolated case. He says the government is still to clarify if it is an epidemic or a pandemic and that if it is an epidemic, it means many poultry farms in many places have been infected but they are told the only farm that is contaminated is at Mvog Betsi in Yaounde and as such panic should not be created all over Cameroon.

Fears are growing that without timely intervention, the virulent avian flu virus in Cameroon may spread across central and West African states. The virus first arrived in the region in 2006. When the virus resurfaced in Nigeria in 2014, it spread rapidly within three months to Cameroon and Niger. At least five countries reported outbreaks in 2015. As of last year, more than 1.6 million birds in West Africa had been affected, according to the U.N. The government fears the virus may jump from birds to humans, especially now that the prices of birds have had a 70 percent reduction and many people who could not afford chicken are now going for it.

#Avian Flu is back in #Cameroon