Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Amazing! The FDA finally PROPOSED that certain cattle parts should not be in cattle feed. Europe has had this rule in effect since they had their deadly bout with "Mad Cow" years ago. I guess we just didn't believe them or maybe our Cattleman Association just didn't want anything to crimp their sales. It is no surprise that Canada is proposing a more comprehensive rule. Somehow they believe in doing more to protect their people. U.S don't want no brains
What's thee deal with the administration trying to get "ahead" of the avian flu? This is NOT their style. They are usually so reactive to situations. Has there been human-to-human transfer of a mutated virus? Ok, I am fitting myself for a tin foil hat, but you gotta ask yourself; when was the last time Bush was AHEAD of anything?
A pandemic is inevitable it is just a matter of time. It could kill a billion people worldwide, make ghost towns out of parts of major cities, and there is not enough medicine to fight it.
According to a government website "Cases of avian influenza A (H5N1) in birds have been confirmed in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Pakistan, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam. Human cases of avian influenza have been reported in Thailand and Vietnam."
Different strains of avian flu were detected in the U.S. last year, and state officials destroyed hundreds of thousands of birds. The avian influenza strain were found in Delaware was (H7N2), in Pennsylvania the strain was (H2N2), and the (H5N2) strain was found in Texas.
Influenza infections in birds are divided in two groups on the basis of their ability to cause disease:
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI): causing serious disease with high mortality (up to 100%).
Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (LPAI): causing generally a mild disease.
H5N1 mutates rapidly and has a history of being able to acquire genes from viruses infecting other animal species.
Birds that survive infection excrete virus for at least 10 days making it easier to spread the virus at live poultry markets and by migratory birds.
So when will the Army start with the quarantines?
What's thee deal with the administration trying to get "ahead" of the avian flu? This is NOT their style. They are usually so reactive to situations. Has there been human-to-human transfer of a mutated virus? Ok, I am fitting myself for a tin foil hat, but you gotta ask yourself; when was the last time Bush was AHEAD of anything?
A pandemic is inevitable it is just a matter of time. It could kill a billion people worldwide, make ghost towns out of parts of major cities, and there is not enough medicine to fight it.
According to a government website "Cases of avian influenza A (H5N1) in birds have been confirmed in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Pakistan, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam. Human cases of avian influenza have been reported in Thailand and Vietnam."
Different strains of avian flu were detected in the U.S. last year, and state officials destroyed hundreds of thousands of birds. The avian influenza strain were found in Delaware was (H7N2), in Pennsylvania the strain was (H2N2), and the (H5N2) strain was found in Texas.
Influenza infections in birds are divided in two groups on the basis of their ability to cause disease:
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI): causing serious disease with high mortality (up to 100%).
Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (LPAI): causing generally a mild disease.
H5N1 mutates rapidly and has a history of being able to acquire genes from viruses infecting other animal species.
Birds that survive infection excrete virus for at least 10 days making it easier to spread the virus at live poultry markets and by migratory birds.
So when will the Army start with the quarantines?
# posted by Thomas @ 11:13 PM 
