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Biotech / Medical : SARS and Avian Flu -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: energyplay who wrote (2753)	10/16/2005 8:33:51 PM
From: Think4Yourself	Respond to of 4232

Is it this web site you are referring to? recombinomics.com I did not like these comments on this page. recombinomics.com ... The above list indicates H5N1 was widespread in wild birds and was readily transferred between species. These data indicate that H5N1 is likely to appear in southern and western Europe in the upcoming weeks. H5N1 clearly is not dying out, but rather is expanding its geographical reach as well as its host range. H5N1 is on track to go global in the next 12 months.

To: energyplay who wrote (2753)	10/17/2005 3:44:37 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4232

There is very little information available to the general public on human bird flu deaths in China, or transmissiblity in China. From what I am understanding, China was fairly uncooperative when it came to SARS but is more cooperative with the avian flu. Henry Niman's web site has an excellent collection of what is known so far. A number of European and North American governments are acting as if there is something scary in this situation. It does not appear to be ONLY a power grab by certain insecure leaders - although that can happen at the same time. I think the concern is that the avian flu may become a pandemic. Why do you think its a power grab? Maybe their assesment of the situation is reasonable. I think may be very reasonable. A pandemic can be a very deadly event. Forty million people died during the 1918 pandemic. Of course, that has been the worst event of this kind for the past 100 years. With the more recent pandemics, the number of deaths were much less. I think with this avian flu the concern is that closely resembles the genetic structure of the 1918 flu.