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To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (12624)	10/7/2005 5:01:44 PM
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Bird Flu - End of the World as We Know It? "An influenza pandemic of even moderate impact will result in the biggest single human disaster ever - far greater than AIDS, 9/11, all wars in the 20th century and the recent tsunami combined. It has the potential to redirect world history as the Black Death redirected European history in the 14th century." -- Michael T. Osterholm, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota Source: Bird Flu Could Kill Millions, The Gazette (Montreal), Front Page, March 9, 2005. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "This is going to be the most catastrophic thing in my lifetime. When this situation unfolds, we will shut down global markets overnight. There will not be movement of goods; there will not be movement of people. This will last for at least a year, maybe two." -- Dr. Osterholm, speaking to a conference of agricultural bankers Source: Bird Flu Seen as the Next Pandemic Star Tribune (Minneapolis), November 16, 2004 (reproduced at pathobiologics.org. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Up to one billion people could die around the whole world in six months.... We are half a step away from a worldwide pandemic catastrophe." -- Dmitry K. Lvov, Director, D.I. Ivanovsky Institute of Virology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Source: Russian Expert Says Flu Epidemic May Kill Over One Billion This Year, MosNews.com, November 28, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Thus, H5N1 is clearly transmitting efficiently in northeastern Vietnam. However, since many of the cases are mild, most of this transmission is not being detected and/or reported. The time between this efficient transmission in northeast Vietnam, and a pandemic resulting in millions of fatalities may be weeks or months, but the efficient transmission is the missing requirement for the start of the pandemic, and that requirement has now been met." -- Henry L. Niman, Founder and President, Recombinomics, Inc. Source: Efficient Transmission of H5N1 in Northeast Vietnam, Recombinomics Commentary, April 7, 2005 Dr. Niman gave an hour-and-a-half radio interview on March 30, 2005. You can hear it at mp3.rbnlive.com. The interview started about 33 minutes into the program. You may find that the two mp3 files work best. He also posts daily commentaries on his website at recombinomics.com and is a frequent contributor to the "Disease Outbreaks" bulletin board at discuss.agonist.org.