Bird Flu Confirmed in Human to Human contact?

[candy4140]

This totally sounds panic inducing....

http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/060524/0131178.html

[wileE]

Ahhhh! AAaaaahhhhhhhh! <takes a drink of water> Aahhhhhhhhhh!

[akip]

"But the health agency quickly cautioned that this did not necessarily mean that the virus had mutated into a strain that could start a pandemic by jumping rapidly between people as ordinary flu does.

It is a "definite possibility" that the virus jumped more than once inside a family cluster, said Maria Cheng, a spokeswoman for the W.H.O. in Geneva. Although a second jump sounds alarming, "It doesn't look like the trend has changed," she said. "Each case was in very close contact with the previous one.'"

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/24/world/asia/24birdflu.html


of course these things do continue to mutate, which is why it's critical to contain them as much as possible. the more cases in humans, the more likely the transmission will become easier.

[Nellie Bly]

linky to cnn.com's story (http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/05/24/indonesia.birdflu/index.html)

[markalot]

We're all gonna die ... DIE!

If we were all vegetarians this wouldn't have happened! :D

[Slar]

of course these things do continue to mutate, which is why it's critical to contain them as much as possible. the more cases in humans, the more likely the transmission will become easier.
If Bush had spent more money on the study of this disease than on the war in Iraq, then we wouldn't be in this mess right now.

[BigSugar]

If Bush had spent more money on the study of this disease than on the war in Iraq, then we wouldn't be in this mess right now.

I blame Bush. we need to abort more babies and harvest stem cells and we can beat this thing!!!

Of course, the downside is that abortion causes global warming. CRAP!!

Sincerely,
Al Gore

[akip]

If Bush had spent more money on the study of this disease than on the war in Iraq, then we wouldn't be in this mess right now.

speak no evil.

http://www.narhist.ewu.edu/Pathways/unit-plans/influenza/influenza-images/masks.jpg

[monkey neck]

This totally sounds panic inducing....


Wow, that's pretty alarming journalism.

I'm surprised the last line didn't say, "Oh no, I just coughed. I JUST COUGHED!! AGGGGHHHHHH! I HAVE THE BIRD FLU!!!"

[justmaybetiger]

Ahhhh! AAaaaahhhhhhhh! <takes a drink of water> Aahhhhhhhhhh!
That's exactly what I was thinking. (http://www.woxy.com/boards/showpost.php?p=879455&postcount=108)

[Homsar]

Uh, that "press release" sounded a bit amateurish to me.

7 out of 8 members of a single family died so the virus automatically has a fatality rate of over 80%? Please. Spoare those of us with common sense.

[akip]

Uh, that "press release" sounded a bit amateurish to me.

7 out of 8 members of a single family died so the virus automatically has a fatality rate of over 80%? Please. Spoare those of us with common sense.

the H5N1 flu has, so far, a 50% fatality rate. so obviously they don't want this thing to spread human to human.

[candy4140]

the H5N1 flu has, so far, a 50% fatality rate. so obviously they don't want this thing to spread human to human.

Like the last big pandemic...those with GOOD immune systems are most likely to die in this case. So unhealthy people are actually a bit better off. Weird.

[akip]

Like the last big pandemic...those with GOOD immune systems are most likely to die in this case. So unhealthy people are actually a bit better off. Weird.

that's because your immune system is what destroys your lungs.


a lot of the patients turned deep blue (cyanosis) in 1918 and blood came out of their ears.

[george]

124 dead out of 218 infected (56.9%) since 2003, according to a story I read on Bloomberg this morning.

[akip]

oh, the other thing about the 1918 flu (also an avian flu which this new one closely resembles) is hit you like a wildfire. often previously healthy people were dead within two days.

[monkey neck]

Uh, that "press release" sounded a bit amateurish to me.

7 out of 8 members of a single family died so the virus automatically has a fatality rate of over 80%? Please. Spoare those of us with common sense.

Heh. That's what I was thinking when I read that.

Wait, you said "Spoare". Did you mean "Spore"? So you mean the flu has to do with mold spores? Oh crap, I just opened a bag of moldy bread today...and I coughed! I COUGHED!!! AAARRGGGGHHHHHH!!! I HAVE THE BIRD FLU!!!!!

Sorry. That's all you're going to get from me in this thread. Ever. :p

[miami2112]

An outbreak of bird flu that infected at least seven Indonesian family members earlier this month in north Sumatra was not a mutated version of the often deadly H5N1 form of the virus, World Health Organization spokesman Peter Cordingley told CNN.

copy and pasted from the cnn.com site: (http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/05/24/indonesia.birdflu/index.html)

[Homsar]

Wait, you said "Spoare". Did you mean "Spore"? So you mean the flu has to do with mold spores? Oh crap, I just opened a bag of moldy bread today...and I coughed! I COUGHED!!! AAARRGGGGHHHHHH!!! I HAVE THE BIRD FLU!!!!!

Lmao...........

[purple_octopus]

They are not getting my hopes up with this bird flu nonsense. I learned my lesson after the ebola "crisis".

[akip]

An outbreak of bird flu that infected at least seven Indonesian family members earlier this month in north Sumatra was not a mutated version of the often deadly H5N1 form of the virus, World Health Organization spokesman Peter Cordingley told CNN.

copy and pasted from the cnn.com site: (http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/05/24/indonesia.birdflu/index.html)

oh, crap. there's two strains of killer bird flu? :eek:

[Homsar]

Time to quarantine the Americas! All homegrown chicken. All the time.

[wileE]

oh, crap. there's two strains of killer bird flu? :eek:
Aaaahhhhh!!! Aaaahhhh!!!! <takes a bite of sandwich> Aaaaahhhh!

[monkey neck]

Aaaahhhhh!!! Aaaahhhh!!!! <takes a bite of sandwich> Aaaaahhhh!

Holy crap, the bread on that sandwich wasn't moldy was it??

[The_Buffalo]

Looks like my my chicken f-ing days are over.

[Homsar]

This and the caption thread are bringing in an absurdly large amount of laughter in CE/P.
This is weird!
:D

[Angel30]

Like the last big pandemic...those with GOOD immune systems are most likely to die in this case. So unhealthy people are actually a bit better off. Weird.
So does that mean I should stop taking my vitamins, exercising, start eating out everyday and become a couch potato? Seriously, I am rarely sick. This scares the crap out of me on one level... on the other... I just think the media is having a slow news day and is trying to get us all riled up. :mad:

[george]

The alarm will really be raised when they discover the coyote-to-monkey neck-to-octopus-to-buffalo transmission.