Bird Flu

[Spexvet]

Pet cats may have to be kept indoors once bird flu arrives in Britain, scientists have said after the death of a cat in Germany from the disease.

The case - the first of a mammal dying from bird flu in Europe - means that cats may be able to pass the H5N1 virus on to humans and that the disease may spread more easily than thought.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/01/nflu01.x ml&sSheet=/portal/2006/03/01/ixportaltop.html

An estimated 675,000 Americans died during the flu pandemic of 1918. Are we going to suffer those types of losses again?

[RGC_man]

Don't believe the hype.

I would like to see comparable statistics for normal flu, malaria, AIDS etc.

[QDO1]

Bird flu is nothing, Bloke flu is much worse!

[Lynne]

Bird flu is nothing, Bloke flu is much worse!

Love it! Will the American Cousins get it though?? :) Anyone??

[rsandr]

Don't believe the hype.

I would like to see comparable statistics for normal flu, malaria, AIDS etc.

Indeed.

Are we officially allowed to stop worrying about SARS yet? I can't remember it being on the news that it was all overhyped tripe.

[optispares]

will disneyland paris have to keep donald duck indoors:p or maybe just get a shot.

[optispares]

Indeed.

Are we officially allowed to stop worrying about SARS yet? I can't remember it being on the news that it was all overhyped tripe.

a SARS a day helps you work rest and play.

[RGC_man]

We should bomb the Canary Isles, just to make sure.

[chm2023]

Love it! Will the American Cousins get it though?? :) Anyone??

This bird gets it.

My husband is on staff at a large metro hospital. They are taking this very seriously, already have an action plan put together. Of course this may just be erring on the side of caution, she said hopefully.

Great, plague. It's always something, ya know.......

[Jacqui]

As a nurse, I'm worried that it may start spreading to humans.

[chip anderson]

From what I understand, we are far more likely to be affected by West Nile, Spinal meningitus, lightning strikes, slipping on a bar of soap, or being shot by a jealous spouse. Thousands of other conditions present greater theats, this one is just the media "flavor of the month."

[kaser]

Hi friend
When i was living in london ther were lot of friends fo me, one of them was effected by bird flu infection. so i decided to collect information so i told my friend, London countries people are infected by bird flu. my friend tell me about tamiflu drug you can use it for more tamiflu information see- http://www.drugdelivery.ca/s3353-s-tamiflu.aspx This is very dangerous diseases because here continue mostly human are dying from avian flu. Bird flu is also attack on my sister, so dear friend use it

[QDO1]

Hi friend
When i was living in london ther were lot of friends fo me, one of them was effected by bird flu infection. so i decided to collect information so i told my friend, London countries people are infected by bird flu. my friend tell me about tamiflu drug you can use it for more tamiflu information see- http://www.drugdelivery.ca/s3353-s-tamiflu.aspx This is very dangerous diseases because here continue mostly human are dying from avian flu. Bird flu is also attack on my sister, so dear friend use it

There has not been a reported case of bird flu, in a human, in london, or the rest of the UK. There has been the odd bird, in continental Europe, as close as France, but not in the UK

There was a case of a pet bird (from south america) that contracted the illness, but that died in quarantine, and wasnt therefore released into the general bird population