Trains and Boats and Planes, will bring Bird-Flu…directly to you

Trains and boats and planes are passing by …
The trains and the boats and planes will bring Bird-Flu….
Will bring Bird-Flu… Bring it directly to you….
Let me take you back in time. Back to the year 1918.Life moved at a much more leisurely pace back then.
The fastest way to travel across the Atlantic was [...]

India Bird-Flu Outbreak - Is it Over or Is It Not?

It was with a big sigh of relief that all of us heard that the bird flu epidemic had officially been declared over in India.

That was back on the 14th of August.
The official notification was celebrated with almost ritual chicken parties and the local media had a great time publicizing the people enjoying their chicken [...]

Bird-Flu threat to Moon Festival celebrations.

The Chinese Moon Festival, (also known as the Mid-autumn Festival) which is normally celebrated on the 15th of the 8th lunar month, is is one of the most important traditional events for the Chinese.
It is as important for the Chinese, as Christmas and Thanksgiving is for the people in the West
The Moon festival is famous for, among [...]

Steep rise in the Bird-Flu Infection and Fatality Rate curve.

The World Health Organisation graph below, with the steep growth curve showing the slow but steady growth, in the Bird-Flu Infection and Fatality Rate since 2004, presents an alarming picture.

Bali to Censor News about the current Bird-Flu outbreak.

It seems that the powers-that-be in Bali, are heading towards media censorship as far as any news related to the Bird-Flu outbreak is concerned.

Anak Agung Bagus Netra, the spokesman for the Bali Administration said on Tuesday that Governor Dewa Beratha had ordered all information regarding bird flu be delivered only by the public relations department.
He [...]

“STAGE 4″ Alert in the WHO Pandemic flu preparedness plan?

We are supposed to be at “STAGE 3″ of Current phase of alert in the WHO global influenza preparedness plan!
However, we could even be at ”Stage 4″ alert, if the news about the confirmation of the human to human infection of the H5N1 from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is true.
Experts at WHO and elsewhere believe that [...]

We are a Step Closer to a Human Pandemic Flu….

We are a Step Closer to a Human Pandemic Flu…. now that Avian flu can spread between humans
The mutation of the current Bird-Flu virus in to a virus that can cause Human to human infection has been the greatest fear for all who have been following this potentially killer virus.

There have been reports of several “clusters” [...]

India wants its women to be Aware of Bird-Flu.

India had one of the first women Prime Ministers in the world.
In India’s ancient history of more than 10,000 years, women have been known to be in powerful and vitally important positions in society.
Yet it is a fact that most of the women in India today, are not educated and are not able to fully develop their potential.
The Government [...]

160,000 Geese Gassed to death in Germany following Bird-Flu Scare.

German health officials launched the largest ever massacre of poultry following the latest outbreak of the Bird-Flu in that country.
160,000 geese were slaughtered over the weekend, after the deadly bird-flu virus was found in a poultry farm near the Bavarian city of Erlangen.

The cull was ordered after 400 geese were found dead.  
A team of eight [...]

A Bird-Flu Funny

Now that the thankfully brief British outbreak of the foot and mouth virus is over, we can think about the funny side of things.   
Here is a Bird-Flu Funny:

Sources:
www.birdflubreakingnews.com 
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Little “Ni Putu” Fights the Bird-Flu while Indonesian Politicians “Haggle” with the WHO.

Another suspected case of human infection with bird flu virus was discovered Friday in Bali, which has been battling the fatal disease since last week.

 

The one-and-a-half-year-old infant, Ni Putu Aprilia Dewi, is being treated at Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar.

 
So, yet another Indonesian child gets the Bird-Flu.
 
I wish this would stop!
 
During all this time the [...]

Brit Bird-Flu Victims to be stored in Tents, hired from a Marquee hire firm

The Brits are preparing for a possible Pandemic.
You know, just in case and all that….

The problem is that local Governments of the Counties of Great Britain have failed to finalise arrangements for an emergency morgues in case of an emergency situation such as a Pandemic.
The county of Lancashire’s dead could be stored in a tent [...]

Third Bird-Flu Death in Bali, as Tourist Arrive in Record Numbers!

The Third Balinese Victim of the deadly Bird-Flu virus.
So soon after the death of the 29-year-old Ni Luh Putu Sri Windani and her Her five-year-old daughter Dian, Bali has yet another human victim of the Bird-Flu virus.
A 28-year-old woman died of suspected bird flu today after undergoing treatment for 36 hours at the Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar, [...]

Why are so many Children Succumbing to the H5N1 Bird Flu?

There may not be a global pandemic of the Flu virus, but it seems that almost every other day, there is yet another human infected with the Bird-Flu virus!
What is more, majority of the victims seem to be young children or teenagers!
Why is that?
Now there is yet another child being treated for suspected bird flu in Indonesia.

There [...]

Generous Offer from Bird-Flu inflicted Indonesia!

The government of Indonesia has generously agreed to send a bird flu virus sample that has killed a woman in Bali to the World Health Organization (WHO).

A sample of the bird flu virus that killed a woman on Bali has been sent to a World Health Organisation laboratory to allay fears that it has [...]

THIRD Indonesian victim of the Bird-Flu in less than a week.

While The Indonesian Government led by Siti Fadilah Supari, the Indonesian Health Minister is endlessly haggling with the world community for its “biological assets” ( the tissue samples from its citizens who have died of the Bird-Flu) the deadly virus keeps on adding to its toll of human fatalities in that unfortunate country.
 

Siti Fadilah Supari
Indonesian [...]

India “Surrounded” by Countries with Bird-Flu.

Mr Naresh Dayal, the Federal Health Secretary in the Government of India, worries about  the possibility of the Bird-Flu virus mutating in to a human to human virus.
“Worldwide, human-to-human transmission is feared. We have to be able to tackle that if, God forbid, it starts,” he said in an interview with Reuters.
Mr Dayal was very concerned about [...]

Bird-Flu kills Two in Bali-a Neighbour is Hospitalised

Ni Luh Putu Sri Windiani, a 29 year old Indonesian woman and her five-year-old daughter Dian have died of bird flu, on the tourist island of Bali, a Health Ministry official confirmed today, bringing the nation’s toll to 83.

The latest Bird-Flu related deaths could be a problem for Bali, the last remaining Hindu region of Indonesia, which [...]

Scientists Create “artificial” Human Bird-Flu Virus!

Scientists have mutated a protein of the H5N1 virus to identify changes which could make the virus capable of passing between humans.
Even an artificial Bird-Flu virus, which could infect humans easily, is really scary at this time.
What with all the goings on at the Pirbright Research laboratory, in Surrey, England, which is said to be linked to [...]