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[Avian Flu - What we need to know] WHO on human to human transmission in Indonesia: Georg Petersen, the WHO's Indonesia representative, says "I think very close contact with a sick person might infect that caretaker". Does this not concede that we are in fact seeing the first cases of human to human transmission?

 [Effect Measure] The World Reassurance Organization (aka WHO): AFP reports (via Khaleej Times) that a five year old boy and a five year old girl died on Wednesday from a bird flu like disease (confirmatory tests pending) and 13 people with symptoms of bird flu were being treated at a Jakarta hospital on Thursday. This is an increase of nine from the day before.

 [The Common Ills] Reporting from outside the US mainstream media: Three patients, meanwhile, were being treated as suspected bird flu cases at the Sulianti Saroso Infectious Disease Hospital, said Dr Santoso Suroso, who was awaiting lab tests to confirm whether or not they had the illness.

[Powerpundit] Other Dangers On The Horizon For America: The president was animated and upbeat, projecting the optimism about rebuilding the highly damaged areas that Americans expect from the chief executive at a time like this. Hugh notes that other dangers are lurking on the horizon for the American people, particularly the Avian flu, and urges the administration to construct an effective policy in preparation for its inevitable arrival.

[Bigblog.com] Biological Science @ Big Blog: WASHINGTON -- A Florida group calling itself Citizens for Science and Ethics said Friday it has filed a petition to amend the state's constitution to ban the use of state funds for embryonic stem-cell research.

[Dymaxionweb.com] H5N1Drome: Đại diện của Tổ chức Y tế Thế giới (WHO) tại Indonesia Georg Petersen tuyên bố hôm 22-9 rằng, số lượng người có triệu chứng bị cúm gia cầm gia tăng tại Indonesia không có nghĩa là đợt bộc phát bệnh này tồi tệ hơn và không có dấu hiệu cho thấy virus H5N1 lây nhiễm dễ dàng từ người sang người.

 [Effectmeasure.blogspot.com] Effect Measure: Bird flu recap: On Sunday Thanh Nien News reported 195 people had flu symptoms in the same commune in Quang Binh province where the care-giver aunt and 5 year old brother of a 13 year old girl who reportedly died of bird flu on March 9 were also reported ill. The brother had already been shown to have H5N1 infection.

 [Forests.org] 19/9/2005 -- Indonesia Confirms Fourth Human Bird Flu Death: Lee said H5N1 "will acquire this capability -- it's just an issue of timing." Countries far from heavily hit Southeast Asian states would not be safe because the disease was spreading through migratory wildfowl, Lee added.

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