Bird Flu spread to pigs and possibly human

[jiml1126]

BIRD FLU CRISIS
Vietnam has confirmed a pig has been affected by the mutated bird flu on sunday.

Meanwhile, 2 sisters in Vietnam has died after their brother affected by the virus. WHO says it does not rule out the possibility that human infection has begun.

[reverse_thrust]

Even worse......
I just read on a dutch internet newspaper, that the World health organisation has a great suspicion on 2 deaths in Vietnam.
2 people died there and they suspect a mutated bird flu virus to be the cause......................
lets hope they are wrong

[reverse_thrust]

double post....sorry

sorry......double post

[uy707]

The two people who passed away in Vietnam are two young girls
they are fears that contamations can be spread from humans since the girls ealier lost an elder brother !
Regards
Alain

[GrantT]

Great, another asian disease for everyone to get paranoid about.

[Airbus_A320]

Lets just hope it stays in Asia and doesent come anywhere else like SARS did. Kinda scary if you ask me

[Crazy764]

Lets just hope it stays in Asia and doesent come anywhere else like SARS did. Kinda scary if you ask me

Why do you hope for that instead of hoping for wiping out the disease? You don't care if people in Asia die?

[uy707]

Lets just hope it stays in Asia and doesent come anywhere else like SARS did. Kinda scary if you ask me

Why do you hope for that instead of hoping for wiping out the disease? You don't care if people in Asia die?

EXACTLY As far I am concerned, I WISH THEM COMPLETE SUCCESS IN WIPING OUT the disease, because THEY WILL ACT the way they did for SARS and I plan returning to this fabulous part of the world. I also remember that in some other parts known as Central Africa, things have unfortunately been much WORSE for decades !!
Regards
Alain

[Airbus_A320]

Lets just hope it stays in Asia and doesent come anywhere else like SARS did. Kinda scary if you ask me

Why do you hope for that instead of hoping for wiping out the disease? You don't care if people in Asia die?

Sorry Crazy764, I see how that could have been seen the wrong way. Yes I do hope it's wiped out with the least deaths possible to humans in Asia or anywhere, but doesn't leave Asia before it is wiped out. Like SARS was gotten under control now, but it got to Toronto and caused people to get sick there too, i don't think anyone wants that to happen. And anyways there is not really any proof of it spreading to humans yet though. Just because 2 people died doesn't mean they died from bird flu, there are hundreds of other things that could have killed them. However lets hope this disease is gotten under control soon.

[uy707]

As it also got in France, among others with the deaths of 3 medics who had worked with the Hanoi general hospital some days earlier...
Regards
Alain

[Crazy764]

lets hope this disease is gotten under control soon.

We can all agree on that.

[GrantT]

Lets just hope it stays in Asia and doesent come anywhere else like SARS did. Kinda scary if you ask me

Agreed, I care more about England than a country thousands of miles away that the disease originated from, sorry if that's the wrong attitude to take, but hey, i couldn't care less.

[Myblock]

I got a feeling this is gonna be way worse than SARS.

[reverse_thrust]

today the dutch news said that there is indeed a vaccin against all flu types......but here in Holland they only seem to have enough of the stuff to inject into 30.000 people...........the state is now trying to get more stuff to produce 170.000 more injections...........hmmmmmmm think about it...........around 16 million people here........and only 200.000 injections...........damn.........I have to marry a doctor, and i guess I have to do it very quick too.
but hey......the situation in NO GOOD at all...........no matter where it is.......people and animals are dying...........no good!
lets hope they can get a grip on the situation!

[reverse_thrust]

Latest news........just got it from TV here..........
there seem to be 3 (human)deaths related to the bird flu...........in Thailand.