Troubling revelation, one way or another. If we see one bug like these, eventually we'll see others - even if this one doesn't spread. Yes, I have seen the comments about panic, but the fact is they have been talking about the emergence of bugs like this for years. And it's only going to get worse, at least in part because of the development going on in new areas of the world where man has never set foot before.
Webster observed, "This [H5N1] virus spreads outside the lungs to the central nervous system ... This is the first influenza virus we've seen that does this in a mammal."
Richard at Hyscience is a Ph. D. in a relevant field. His first post on this topic is over a year old and he updated again just yesterday.
The current H5N1 pandemic, which began in December, 2003 has generated at least 9 familial clusters of cases, resulting in 11 likely human to human transmissions, and 8 of the 11 have died ...
You can learn a great deal reading silly bloggers with significant backgrounds or special intelligence. As for me, I'm just the news boy / nut. And happy my lot, at that.
Bawk bawk bawk bawk bawk!!!
Posted by: Isabell | Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 08:30 AM