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[CODE THREE] ALL QUIET ON THE BIRD FLU FRONT: Indonesia hoped to be bird flu free, but the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) doubts this is realistic and has declared the huge country an endemic area for avian influenza and at high risk for future outbreaks. Undeterred, Minister of Agriculture Anton Apriyantono said Indonesia won't lessen its efforts:
[Pieces of Dawn] Vietnam...: I'll be going backpacking in Vietnam in June. If all goes well. :) My lecturer was trying to talk me out of it. Hahaha... She was concerned about the H5N1avianflu that has been going around... what I mean) Then towards the end, it was fantastic. Not my voice, but fun level. Hahaha... I thought
[acronyms&Me.] disOrders; avian flu: While CDC officials and WHO infectious disease experts are doing a fantastic job of trying to warn the world about the bird flu (and tracking isolated infections right now), politicians are ignoring them! No nation is manufacturing or stockpiling bird flu virus vaccines.
[Syaffolee] Tangled Bank #24Welcome to the twenty-fourth editi...: First off, Is Avian Influenza THAT deadly? A Nature publication claims that H5N1 is more widespread than previously thought, but that also means that mortality rates would be lower. However, this might only add to the Public Confusion Surrounding Influenza due to widespread misunderstandings of the cause, mechanism, and symptoms of disease.
[Thomaspmbarnett.com] Thomas PM Barnett :: Weblog: China Dossier: The end of days: Seems a senior Chinese health official admitted that China has evidence that the A(H5N1) strain of avian influenza, which has killed a couple of dozen people in SE Asia so far this year (who caught it directly from poultry), has now mutated in a way that suggests it may be transferable human to human.
[Anti-ageing.us] Anti-Aging Medicine & Science Blog: Antiviral drug suppresses deadly H5N1 avian flu in animal tests. LOS ANGELES, July 18 (Xinhuanet)-- .
[Asianfanatics.net] Health_and_sports: The H5N1 strain has killed more than 50 people in Asia since 2003. Public health experts say the virus is mutating and could develop the ability to spread easily from person to person and kill millions in a flu pandemic.
[Medicine.com.my] Malaysian Medical Resources: February 2004: "CHI re-iterates its stand, in concert with the Malaysian Medical Association, the Malayan Nurses' Union and other healthcare professionals, that a far better alternative to ensure equitable, universal and cost-efficient coverage of all Malaysian residents, is a National Health (Insurance) Fund - a payroll-based scheme (employer/employee contributions) with supplementary contributions from progressive taxation to extend its benefits to ALL citizens and residents. It would be operated as a non-profit statutory institution with effective and credible citizen participation."
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