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[Zap*Germs] Bird Flu in a "Smoldering Phase" - Poultry Farms... : The global preparedness effort, beyond developing new super-drugs or vaccines as vital last lines of defense, says Shortridge, should be highlighting the need to prevent these outbreaks from occurring at all. He insists the way to truly beat viruses like H5N1 is to eradicate the conditions that foster a virus' rise from benign to lethal.

[Sploid, News With a Tabloid Mentality] Bird flu toll to hit 100: At some point this week we can expect confirmation of the hundredth death from avian flu. This death will be no more horrifying or painful than the others, but an obsession with round numbers will draw heightened awareness.

[Fluwikie.com] Flu Wiki - Main - Flu Wiki: No one, in any health department or government agency, knows all the things needed to cope with an influenza pandemic. But it is likely someone knows something about some aspect of each of them and if we can pool and share our knowledge we can advance preparation for and the ability to cope with events.

[Nature.com] Avian flu special The flu pandemic: were we ready? : Nature: Here's the transcript: "At this hour, the World Health Organization has declared a full-scale pandemic influenza alert, with person-to-person spread lasting more than two weeks in Cambodia and Vietnam. During previous influenza pandemics in the United States, large numbers of people were ill, sought medical care, were hospitalized and died.

[Avianbirdinfluenza.blogspot.com] Avian Bird Flu Information: Just last year the world experienced laboratory infection spread from so called safety labs when a leaky aerosol chamber manufactured by the University of Wisconsin at Madison was responsible for three laboratory-acquired tuberculosis infections in a Seattle BSL-3 lab last year.

[Riehlworldview.com] Riehl World View: Avian Flu H5N1: Bush met with top health and security advisers about ways the United States can deal with a influenza pandemic and scheduled a meeting with top vaccine manufacturers for Friday, and members of Congress introduced legislation that would help develop better flu vaccines and help spot outbreaks at the earliest moment.

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