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2008-03-19 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by lotp 2008-03-19 09:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 The enormous question is why avian flu hasn't made the jump to humans yet. While the Indonesian strain is deadlier, the Bangladesh strain seemed to take out batches of most of the major animals--but not people.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-03-19 09:41|| 2008-03-19 09:41|| Front Page Top

#2 It's coming. If we are lucky, it won't be this year. Maybe in a few years we will figure out how to create firewalls to stop it's spread.

Posted by phil_b 2008-03-19 11:26|| 2008-03-19 11:26|| Front Page Top

#3 This plea follows on the public comments from Indonesian health officials about stopping cooperation with the West. It's about money changing hands, not medicine.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2008-03-19 12:12|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2008-03-19 12:12|| Front Page Top

#4 It's both, I think. Some of the national pols are playing anti-American games. But the scientists and public health people close to the scene are terrified about this spreading.

Posted by lotp 2008-03-19 12:37|| 2008-03-19 12:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Not to belittle the gravity of the threat, this will be just like every other UN humanitarian effort: the only thing the money will go to is more corruption. Just another well intentioned money fleece. Send money, it is for the children.

Posted by Crease Poodle1618 2008-03-19 12:53|| 2008-03-19 12:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Was it Indonesia that refused to give the WHO samples of their bird flu because they wouldn't get the medications developed therefrom for free?

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-03-19 12:57|| 2008-03-19 12:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Their national official did, TW. But I'm told some samples made their way to outside labs anyway.

Posted by lotp 2008-03-19 13:05|| 2008-03-19 13:05|| Front Page Top

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