U.N. agency warns of possible bird flu resurgence ReutersBy Catherine Hornby | Reuters – Mon, Aug 29, 2011
ROME (Reuters) - The United Nations warned of a possible major resurgence of bird flu and said a mutant strain of the H5N1 virus was spreading in Asia and elsewhere.
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday urged increased surveillance and preparation for a potential outbreak of the virus, which it says has infected 565 people since it first appeared in 2003, killing 331 of them.
The virus was eliminated from most of the 63 countries infected at its peak in 2006 after mass poultry culling, but since 2008 it has been expanding geographically in both poultry and wild birds, partly due to migration patterns, the FAO said.
"The general departure from the progressive decline observed in 2004-2008 could mean that there will be a flare-up of H5N1 this fall and winter," the FAO's chief veterinary officer, Juan Lubroth, said in a statement.
He said the appearance of a variant strain of the virus in China and Vietnam was a concern, because it appeared to be able to sidestep the defenses of existing vaccines.................................>>>>...............................>>>>....................................http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-agency-warns-possible-bird-flu-resurgence-103648116.html
OHHHHH...NOOOOO!!! Only one thing can save us!!! We need to double the size of the CDC IMMEDIATELY for this "possible" bird flu resurgence. It onlyl makes sense.
Looks like the drug companies are gearing up for another record profit year!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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