tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228299732011-04-22T04:08:06.300ZOn the one hand most people have no idea just how serious the H5N1 avian influenza ("bird flu") really is to humans. On the other hand the world's media are reporting the "pandemic" because one or two birds drop dead 200 km away. In the middle of it all, I try to bring what truth is known about the disease, keep alerts to a reasonable level, and propose remedies where possible.Antoine Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424022415497934416noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22829973.post-69571198546100086752007-01-25T14:39:00.001Z2007-01-25T15:11:04.878Z

The Public Library of Science has a study of the way in which avian influenza could spread globally, in the event that the limited human-to-human transmission becomes a pandemic.It is important to note that the H5N1 pandemic may never occur, although as Treebeard the Ent would say in the Lord of the Rings: "Never is too long a word even for me."It is also important to add the usual caveats about

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Here's the basic information I think anyone who wants to avoid catching the disease, or failing that to survive it needs to know.First the basics. H5N1 is a strain of influenza which normally affects migratory birds. Recent mutations in the virus have made it capable of surviving for several days or even weeks in ducks. The reason the virus is mutating is that like all viruses, the genetic

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Welcome to Outbreak H5N1.I finally got tired of reading and listening to the platitudes from governments and ignorant reports from the mainstream media. Meanwhile people are catching avian ifluenza and, for the most part, dying of it.This blog has five aims:1) to give the basic background information that will allow the reader to understand the disease and its actual threat;2) to bring the most

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