Bird flu developments
Bird flu developments
Guardian Unlimited - Dec 12 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Wednesday that an Indonesian woman has died of bird flu. There have been 208 human deaths globally from the H5N1 strain and 338 confirmed cases of infection since 2003, according to
PM’s chance to slot one home
News.com.au - It is the same when the horse racing stopped due to the horse flu. Gambling on dogs doubled when this was happening. Limit the amount you can bet on pokies but get people to take responsiblity for their own actions. You can’t blame pubs and clubs
Hong Kong closes bird sanctuary after wild heron tests positive for
MSN UK News - The Hong Kong government has ordered its famed Mai Po bird sanctuary to close to human visitors for three weeks starting Friday after a gray heron found nearby tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu. The Agriculture, Fisheries and
H5N1 bird flu found at fifth site in Poland
Reuters - WARSAW (Reuters) - The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has been found in wild birds at a fifth site in Poland, officials said on Wednesday. A stork and two buzzards, which died from the virus, were being kept at a wild bird rehabilitation centre near the
Ron Lunn wrote:
The world’s experts seem to agree we should expect to be hit with an Avian Influenza Pandemic in the relatively near future, and that will impact businesses and people all over. Are you prepared for and could you withstand a pandemic?
The Avian Influenza has killed 208 people worldwide, with most deaths being reported in the SouthEast Region, but this could change at a moments notice? Historically we have experienced three pandemic flu events per one hundred years and we’re overdue. Health officials and other experts in the field are more concerned that this “Bird Flu Virus” could become easily spread from human to human. With that development, it would initiate a global pandemic outbreak of this virus, no longer just focused abroad but here at home as well.
Businesses and the public should be concerned with the challenge of preparatory planning for an uncertain or potential pandemic. No one knows or can predict when a pandemic may occur or severe it may be. In the United States there has been a significant drop in awareness and concern over a potential pandemic. If we lived in a country with an active H5N1 bird flu epidemic, we would be more aware and alert to the potential threat of a mutation from bird to human and human to human transmission. In so saying, even with a drop of business and public awareness over the newswires, less and less businesses and individuals are continuing with their pandemic planning. So should we all prepare? Preparation now would make it easier for businesses, you and your family when a pandemic emerges. If we all prepare businesses, families and ourselves for a pandemic, we would not have to rely on local responders, they could assist those that are unprepared or those individuals most in need such as the elderly, homeless, etc. Our Government cannot do this alone and probably will not have the resources to do so. It’s going to be up to each individual to prepare and stock up on food, water, medicines and personal supplies at work and at our homes.
And finally, the threat of an Avian Influenza Pandemic is real. Absolutely no one should discourage the preparation of or down play the gravity of a potential pandemic. Preparedness is a critical business and individual responsibility. We should develop in our mind a new culture of possible self-sufficiency. No one can afford to wait until after an emergency such as a Pandemic Bird Flu or other emergency strikes in order to prepare. Then it just may be too late!
Consider planning for a a worst-case scenario. If we take a look at a worst-case scenario and plan for that, anything short of that, we’ll be prepared.
Posted 15 Dec 2007 at 9:00 am ¶