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Flu InformationBird Flu
by:
Andrew Cavanagh
Copyright 2005 Saint Cavanagh
Bird flu could be the greatest threat to modern civilization and the earth is poorly prepared for a bird flu pandemic. The rapid spread of the bird flu virus raises the question: what can we do to protect ourselves if a bird flu pandemic strikes?
A potential bird flu pandemic can't be taken lightly.
By taking samples from lungs of exhumed victims researchers at the USA Centers For Malady Control confirmed the 1918 Spanish flu was as well a bird flu. Atrocious news because the Spanish flu pandemic was a global catastrophe infecting about one quarter of the United States and one fifth of the world.
From 20 million to 50 million folk died from this 1918 Spanish “bird” flu and most of the victims were aged from 20 to 40 years . This pattern is unusual because contagion commonly kills the sick, old and young children.
At the height of the Spanish bird flu funerals were limited to 15 minutes, there was a chronic shortage of coffins and gravediggers and stores were impermissible to hold sales.
It seems that a mutated bird flu like the 1918 Spanish “bird flu” is particularly dangerous because human populations haven't had the chance to develop a resistance to a virus that is commonly limited to birds.
Worse still, effects of a bird flu happening are not simply limited to malady and death. The happening of Respiratory malady in Hong Kong incontestable
in stark terms that commerce can be shut down in an area suffering cases of a deadly infectious disease.
If a wide scale bird flu pandemic were to break out in the western earth we could see cities gripped with fear as Hong Kong was for that short period with Respiratory malady in 2003. Empty shops, empty streets and commerce grinding to a halt.
Dr Archangel
Osterholm, medical scientist
at the University of Gopher state called a potential bird flu pandemic “The single greatest risk to our earth today.”
David Nabaro from UN health expected from 5 to 150 million folk could die global if the bird flu virus mutates to a human to human virus.
Britain's chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson aforementioned it wasn't a question of IF a virus pandemic like the bird flu would-be hit human populations but WHEN.
Sir Liam as well pointed out a immunizing agent for a human to human bird flu virus can't be create
until the virus mutates and a bird flu immunizing agent may not be effective even as after one can be produced.
The Asian flu pandemic of 1957 incontestable
how difficult it is to immunise against a apace mutating widespread contagion virus. Despite prior warning and despite a immunizing agent being developed quite apace the 1957 Asian flu spread to the United States wherever
it killed 70,000 people.
Health authorities have difficulty producing and administering vaccines quickly enough to fight a virus. As well the apace mutating nature of contagion viruses means many a vaccines provide really limited protection.
Anti-viral drugs are a much recent development in the fight against metabolic process viruses like the bird flu and governments in the western earth have begun reposition the anti-viral drug tamiflu as part of a bird flu protection plan. But in a bird flu pandemic tamiflu may not be as effective as authorities would-be hope.
In an unsettling development for health authorities tamilflu resistant strains of the bird flu are appearing. Recently a vietnamese girl was diagnosed with a tamiflu resistant strain of bird flu and in China the bird flu strain H5N1 is showing about 70% resistance to adamatane drugs like tamiflu.
Other anti-viral drugs like Relenza may be much effective if a bird flu pandemic strikes but until the bird flu mutates to a human to human virus we can't be certain which drug – if any - wish provide a pharmaceutical 1st line of bird flu defense.
On the lighter side of bird flu hindrance sales of dish
in 54 Twin Cities stores in the USA spiked 840% after an inconclusive and diminutive study by Korean researchers found the microorganism
in soured
greens power speed the recovery of chickens infected with the bird flu.
People much interested in a little much serious bird flu protection than soured
cabbage power heed the one consistent recommendation from health authorities across the earth to reduce your chance of catching the bird flu virus.
Over 90% of metabolic process viruses like the bird flu enter your body through contact between the secretion
membranes of your eyes and nose and your fingernails. They ride their way into your body after being picked up on your hands.
In a Earth Health Organization news conference WHO Worldwide Contagion Program leader Klaus Stohr aforementioned frequent hand washing was the better way to avoid a infectious agent infection including the bird flu.
Every government health authority in the western earth recommends hand washing as a basic precaution to prevent metabolic process viruses like the bird flu, SARS, contagion and the common cold.
But washing your hands effectively is not quite as simple as it may seem on the surface. Technique is important as is the soap you use.
Antibacterial soaps are NOT advisable
for regular hand washing even as for health professionals.
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Formore up to date information and articles on the bird flu go to the bird flu resources website at http://www.flu-bird.com
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