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POPSBird Flu Capital? Indonesia! It is crystal clear that Indonesia does not have a handle on the spread of bird flu among its people. See table and you will see that Viet Nam seems to have improved its abilities to cope. Let's hope they stay with it in the coming year.
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POPS7, 8 - lay them straight- 1957 Flu Redux Perhaps not a 50 million killer flu that's closer now - now that it's in pigs, the traditional next step to humans and human to human flu - but one similar to the one that killed a few million worldwide in 1957-1959 period.
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POPSNeed for Cash and Protein from Poultry Drives Bird Flu The desire for cheap protein, as well as extra cash in cash strapped areas illustrates why "culling" or killing thousands of birds does not suppress re-emergence of avian influenza. If you need the cash, you hide some birds or you re-import roosters and hens with no or few questions asked. Another solution is needed to break the cycle.
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POPSHow Next Pandemic Will Explode, Not Evolve The Old School of virus development sees drift and shift as the means of evolution. This site shows how the system is also made up of quantum leaps of change to enable systems to regain balance - especially after we humans have upset a local, regional, or global balance. Viruses are nature's way of re-balancing what appears to be out of balance.
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POPSOpps! We have bird flu, now we don't, now we do again! Opps! Now we have bird flu, now we don't now we have it, now we don't! Need a new version of "Ring Round the Rosie" for when bird flu jumps to people in a form that foster pandemic - since government officials seem more concerned with sales of poultry, than health of people or birds.
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POPSBad Joke of the Day - India Bird Flu Free - Not! Bad joke or too much love for the rupee, dollar, yuan, or euro. If being avian influenza free for three months makes a state bird flu free, then China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Russia and other states have been flu free repeatedly and then - opps! - we have bird flu again. Bad joke for sake of making money.
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POPSBritish Bird Flu - New Outbreak! Yes, it is a blow to farming but account misses point that if bird flu becomes a global pandemic, farmers will be among the victims and will have, perhaps, 50 million fewer people to sell to worldwide!
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POPSWinter May Bring More Bird Flu as Poultry Market Grows UN warns of more bird flu but misses the obvious causes when it is noted that virus "likes" the cold weather. During Lunar New Year or Tet, millions of people want chicken, duck, goose or pork for their holiday meals and festivals. That drives millions of farmers and big farm corporations to raise chickens, ducks, geese and pigs for growing global "meat" market and the Lunar New Year. That, annually, contributes to a new version of flu and more opportunities for transmitting bird flu. Billions of birds and piglets jammed together to be sold live for the holiday are the perfect breeding ground for the next pandemic. Improved methods at that point are the key to breaking the flu pandemic cycle.
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POPS$$ Talks! India -Vegitarian- But Big Time Poultry Exporter Chicken and Duck has gone global and it's not just Kentucky Fried Chicken or McChicken. All in all, the money involved increases the chances that Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) or a variant will be the next global killer and in the not too distant future. " On February 18, 2006 , an outbreak of avian influenza virus type H5N1 in poultry was reported in Navapur, Nandurbar district, Maharashtra state of India . This is the first confirmed occurrence of H5N1 in India . Outbreaks reportedly began on January 27, 2006 , and involved chickens in both commercial and backyard farms. News reports indicate that about 50,000 birds died."
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POPSEU and Bird Flu "I opened the window and in flew Enza!" That's the line sang by children during 1918 pandemic that killed millions around the world. The "hunger" for greater profits and markets from ducks, chickens and geese may may be facilitating the next pandemic which will kill even more - read on...
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POPSThe dead duck - Wally ? It might have the flu! You want to test the prey of shotgun carrying guys who can already taste their roast duck? Handling dead ducks or chickens is what gave bird flu to kids in Indonesia recently - one of whom died. Maybe the people will be wearing chem-warfare rubber suits - that will give the hunters a lot of confidence.
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