Bird Flu Flap

Posted in Bird Flu at 1:00 pm by David Bradley -- 17 Comments; add yours

 

Bird flu duckI’m not entirely convinced that bird flu (avian influenza) is going to be the next big emergent disease that will wipe out thousands, if not millions, of people across the globe. SARS, after all, had nothing to do with avians, nor does HIV, and certainly not malaria, tuberculosis, MRSA, Escherichia coli O157, or any of dozens of virulent strains of disease that have and are killing millions of people.

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Flu Clinic Widget

Posted in Bird Flu, Health at 4:00 pm by David Bradley -- Click to comment

 

Flu shot

Is flu vaccination a shot in the dark? Regular readers will recall the recent debate on multiple vaccines, statistics, and risk we had here in September. I also have rather close personal experience of one of the risks associated with having the annual flu vaccine – Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS). This autoimmune disorder is purportedly associated with a respiratory or gastrointestinal tract infection although there is a statistical risk …

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Bird flu pandemic chokes internet

Posted in Science at 1:00 pm by David Bradley -- 3 Comments; add yours

 

H5N1 influenzaIf the avian influenza virus, H5N1, ever gets around to mutating into a lethal and virulent form that can be passed on readily from one person to another, then we will be facing a pandemic. Of course, as some observers have pointed out, mainly those without a vested interest in scaremongering, the process of mutation would more than likely lead to a strain of the disease that was not so …

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