H5N1 Virus, Are you aware of this and it's potential impact?
I don't want this to end up being only a "preparedness" site but that's a large part of my psyche. I guess the outdoors training and scout mentality never leaves you. Not that I was in boyscouts or anything. That's another story entirely.
Back to this topic. I've been reading and hearing a good bit about the H5N1 virus, otherwise known as "Avian Flu". I'm actually a bit more concerned about this virus's potential impact on the US and world population more than many of the other perceived and real threats currently "in play". Here's more about this virus. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/ and
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-09-20-voa45.cfm
The flu pandemic of 1918 that killed between 20-100 million people had a lethality rate of between 1-2%. Avian flu currently has a lethality rate of 55%. If it maintains it's lethality rate when it adapts to efficient person to person infection, versus it's current bird to person infection, it could cause more casualties across the planet than anything we've ever seen or recorded. Last night while watching public TV's "Wide Angle" with Bill Moyers, at the end of the broadcast they briefly mentioned that there was reportedly already one doctor in Asia who was working with avian flupatients who has come down with it.
I've added a link in the sidebar to "Bird Flu Central", a site run by Tom which has up-to-date content regarding this potential global crisis. Stay informed and check by "Bird Flu Central" periodically! http://avianinfluenza.blogspot.com/
Back to this topic. I've been reading and hearing a good bit about the H5N1 virus, otherwise known as "Avian Flu". I'm actually a bit more concerned about this virus's potential impact on the US and world population more than many of the other perceived and real threats currently "in play". Here's more about this virus. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/ and
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-09-20-voa45.cfm
The flu pandemic of 1918 that killed between 20-100 million people had a lethality rate of between 1-2%. Avian flu currently has a lethality rate of 55%. If it maintains it's lethality rate when it adapts to efficient person to person infection, versus it's current bird to person infection, it could cause more casualties across the planet than anything we've ever seen or recorded. Last night while watching public TV's "Wide Angle" with Bill Moyers, at the end of the broadcast they briefly mentioned that there was reportedly already one doctor in Asia who was working with avian flupatients who has come down with it.
I've added a link in the sidebar to "Bird Flu Central", a site run by Tom which has up-to-date content regarding this potential global crisis. Stay informed and check by "Bird Flu Central" periodically! http://avianinfluenza.blogspot.com/
posted by Bruce | 3:57 PM
2 Comments:
Welcome to the party Bruce. There are many bloggers and news outlets that have been covering this for months since it really took off around June, but better late than never.
It is now getting more mainstream with the PBS special but The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and others have had a steady stream of info coming out on it.
Keep looking you will find more info (you will also eventually be watching so close so that you can go out and buy supplies and start a work from home plan if it does happen). Put money into Webex would be my bet....they'd go through the roof if this gets out into the world in a big way :).
- Cheers
Well we can all breath easier. Looks like the GOP is floating the idea of cutting CDC budget among other things to protect the administration's tax cut's.
PDF of Operation Offset here.
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