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Avian Flu Diaryhttp://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/03/switzerland-duck-tests-positive-for.html [Avian Flu Diary] Experts fear the H5N1 strain could mutate into a form easily transmitted from person to person, leading to a pandemic that could kill millions worldwide. (Reporting by Sam Cage;

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A1A Southhttp://swampie.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/bird-flu-kills-four-endangered-vietnamese-civets/ [A1A South] Bird Flu Kills Four Endangered Vietnamese Civets: HANOI, March 11 (Reuters) - Bird flu killed four civets in a Vietnamese national park, the second time the rare type of mammal was reported to have died there of the H5N1 virus since 2005, a park official said on Tuesday.

Talk Budgies Forumshttp://www.talkbudgies.com/showthread.php?t=18439 [Talk Budgies Forums] Bird Flu Info...: Webster of the World Health Organization (WHO), who first reported the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza back in 2003 and predicted the dire consequences of it spreading, had personally stored at least 90 days of supplies to survive without having to venture out into the public and urged others to do likewise in order to survive a worldwide pandemic of influenza that could result in a pandemic that would surpass the severe and fatal outbreaks of 1917, 1957, and 1968. Then there were reports that the Center for Disease Control (CDC) had failed to develop a serum to prevent the bird flu and the pharmaceutical industry was unable to produce enough cold and flu medicines to meet the coming crisis of an influenza pandemic.

Tackle climate changehttp://www.tackleclimatechange.co.uk/2007/08/factory-farming_8625.html [Tackle climate change] Factory farming: [citation needed] The discovery of antibiotics and vaccines facilitated raising livestock in larger numbers by reducing disease. Chemicals developed for use in World War II gave rise to synthetic pesticides.

Donlan's Diversions[Donlan's Diversions] The Last Big Virus: In scientific terms, SARS was easier to stop and thus required less global communication and coordination than will be necessary to control a pandemic of H5N1. If the initial host country for the pandemic flu waits as long as China did .

aboutflu.net[aboutflu.net] US report card shows work ahead for bird flu plan (Reuters) (Bird flu): WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraq’s government failed to take responsibility for reconstruction projects and is struggling to administer its budget for oil, public works and education, a U.S. special inspector general said on Monday.

Tribe.net: (|~ American Patriot vs. Bush Co. ~|)http://kerryvsbush.tribe.net/thread/761fa9c9-4e27-4be3-8050-53339e29dabe#54c53f1a-7847-45a8-859b-36afb480389e [Tribe.net: (|~ American Patriot vs. Bush Co. ~|)] The biggest con: Democrats & Republicans work together to destroy ...: The current mumps (a normally mild virus) outbreak in the Midwest was called a useful ”˜drill’ by a CDC spokesperson. According to Patricia Doyle, PhD, the virus has mutated away from that which the vaccine covers, rendering it useless.

Health News[Health News] Case may be first 3-person bird flu chain: Investigators say the family, living in the remote northern Sumatra village of Kubu Sembelang, were infected with a strain of H5N1 bird flu that was genetically the same as the virus found circulating in the area earlier.

Tribe.net: Not My Presidenthttp://notmypresident.tribe.net/thread/50cf4dc6-0566-4a31-82e5-84e1ee7c9a01#d9bccf33-bfcb-462e-928a-a09d6b2af359 [Tribe.net: Not My President] The biggest con: Democrats & Republicans work together to destroy ...: (H5N1) has been recreated (what madness!!) and is in the labs of the CDC and the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology! No doubt the elites will have their vaccines close at hand when and if the Big One is unleashed. ...

Health Center Blog[Health Center Blog] Bird flu kills four civets in Vietnam national park: HANOI, March 11 (Reuters) - Bird flu killed four civets in a Vietnamese national park, the second time the rare type of mammal was reported to have died there of the H5N1 virus since 2005, a park official said on Tuesday.

North Houston CommUnity Weblog[North Houston CommUnity Weblog] SPECIAL REPORT: Bird Flu And Our Pets: It is not a fact that H5N1 avian flu will mutate into a form that spreads from human to human. All the uproar is largely due to the fact that virologists expect a pandemic (world-wide epidemic) to occur sooner or later from some virus.

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