This article gives a good overview of the flu with illustrations so you can better understand what happens as well as what we hope never happens.
Thanks Ann
http://health.howstuffworks.com/bird-flu.htm
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Scientists tell us that it is just a matter of time before some virus mutates into pandemic. Such a world wide disease might be mild or severe. H5N1 has a good chance of mutating so it can be passed from human to human. So preparation is wise. The goal is to stay alive a few months until a vaccine arrives. Infor here:
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- See you in a month
- Does this sound familiar?
- Pandemic Movie Coming Soon
- Myth vesus Fact
- Bird Watchers and Feeders Risk nothing
- white wine may Help
- US prepares for pandemic
- Hawaii Preparing
- Key West Chicken Roundup
- Indonesia worried about Complacency
- Vaccine techniques may change
- More reassurance
- Closing schools in Brits planning
- Ethical questions
- Celebrating Migratory Birds
- Marc Seigel again Argues Against Danger
- How the Brits are handling garden birds and feeding
- Good over view with great illustrations
- Virus mutation seen as unlikely
- More warnings on cats
- Interesting interview/very comprehensive
- US has very little vaccine potential
- Moderate Vaccine Might Buy Time
- Getting a Sense of Pandemic from the Brits
- Feeders not a great risk
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Links
- ABC Overview of all issues
- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- World News Network
- poultry news
- History of Past Pandemics
- Stories and annecdotes 1918
- A large collection of Bird Flu Blogs Around the World
- description of how Flu infects
- Pretty detailed article on how flu transmitted
- Cytokine Storm-your immune system kills you
- Pandemic Reference Guide with good links
- Government Reference Guide
- Center for Disease Control
- data base of infections
- NPR Bird Flu Site
- Overview of Fatalities
- Bird Flu Bulletin Board-A worldwide Discussion
- another bulletin board discussion
- Stockpiling List
- Oprah's Bird Flu site
- Best of the BF selected by a team of readers
- An excellent Bird Flu Blog with great info easy to access in categories menu/left column
- Another excellent Bird Flu Blog
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