Are you concerned about bird flu?
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This makes me think that cats are going to have a tough time soon. Imagine the scene. A bunch of sparrows surrounding a terrified cat with the birds sneezing at the cat.
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Jimmy, this bird flu case happened in a county in England. It was a factory farm and supplied supermarkets. A majority of England get their poultry from supermarkets.
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Paul Watson wrote:
A majority of England get their poultry from supermarkets.
Even for satanic rituals? :~
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don't worry cause scientist showed that u wont be affected unless you touched the bird when it is alive. meaning if you eat the bird after cooking it there wont be any danger to you life
quiteSmart wrote:
don't worry cause scientist showed that u wont be affected unless you touched the bird when it is alive
:confused: Can you point me to the authors of this theory? :confused: I would like to see how they came to this conclusion. :~ I have never heard this stated before and suspect that exposure to infected avian excrement, regardless of if the bird is currently living or dead, is a transmission vector. X| Fortunately, for now, the transmission of H5N1 to humans is an extremely rare occurrence. :-D
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Actually yes, IF it hits the United States. There have not been reported cases of the bird flu in pet birds, but it could happen. I eat only free-range chicken which conditions are much better than in the big poultry farms that seem to get hit the most often so the chance of getting bird flu via food source for me is low.
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Bloody hell woman, if you're going to eat free range chicken at least state the obvious: It tastes far better than cheap chicken! :) Technically I think your chances of catching bird flu from either source of chicken are about zero if you cook it properly even with infected birds, but if you think free range chickens are less likely to get it I'd be surprised if it's not the other way around since it's spread from wild birds in the first place and free range chickens are much more closely in contact with wild birds than "factory" bird farms.
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The Birds.
The movie by Alfred Hitchcock, or the original story by Daphne Du Maurier?
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Bloody hell woman, if you're going to eat free range chicken at least state the obvious: It tastes far better than cheap chicken! :) Technically I think your chances of catching bird flu from either source of chicken are about zero if you cook it properly even with infected birds, but if you think free range chickens are less likely to get it I'd be surprised if it's not the other way around since it's spread from wild birds in the first place and free range chickens are much more closely in contact with wild birds than "factory" bird farms.
John Cardinal wrote:
Technically I think your chances of catching bird flu from either source of chicken are about zero if you cook it properly even with infected birds
Technically, your chance of contracting H5N1 is very small even if you are exposed to live infected birds. The prevalence of H5N1 in poultry flocks only correlates to statistically minute cases of transmission from birds to humans. Low Frequency of Poultry-to-Human H5N1 Virus Transmission, Southern Cambodia, 2005[^]
"The primary finding of our investigations is that transmission of H5N1 viruses from infected poultry to humans appears to have been low in a rural Cambodian population with confirmed and suspected H5N1 poultry outbreaks, and where a human H5N1 case occurred during 2005." ... "Given that direct contact with poultry and poultry products was common among people in this village, a high proportion of villagers were presumably exposed to H5N1 virus.: ... "We cannot say why illness developed in 1 person when family, neighbors, and many other villagers who reported similar poultry exposures did not have any evidence of H5N1 virus infection."That is fortunate because the mortality, both avian and human, from those who contract the virus is quite high. Investigation of Avian Influenza (H5N1) Outbreak in Humans --- Thailand, 2004[^]"The H5N1 outbreak in humans in Thailand during January--March and August--October 2004 affected primarily children. Overall mortality was high (75%). During the same period, mortality among persons with human cases in Vietnam was also high (80%) (8). These data suggest that the disease has become more severe than that reported in Hong Kong in 1997, in which mortality was only 33% (2). However, availability of early aggressive treatment in Hong Kong in 1997 or mutation of the virus might explain this difference. During December 16, 2004--December 8, 2005, global mortality among persons with human cases was 29% (5)."It appears that early detection and aggressive treatment are the keys to survival. Although avian/human transmissi -
John Cardinal wrote:
Technically I think your chances of catching bird flu from either source of chicken are about zero if you cook it properly even with infected birds
Technically, your chance of contracting H5N1 is very small even if you are exposed to live infected birds. The prevalence of H5N1 in poultry flocks only correlates to statistically minute cases of transmission from birds to humans. Low Frequency of Poultry-to-Human H5N1 Virus Transmission, Southern Cambodia, 2005[^]
"The primary finding of our investigations is that transmission of H5N1 viruses from infected poultry to humans appears to have been low in a rural Cambodian population with confirmed and suspected H5N1 poultry outbreaks, and where a human H5N1 case occurred during 2005." ... "Given that direct contact with poultry and poultry products was common among people in this village, a high proportion of villagers were presumably exposed to H5N1 virus.: ... "We cannot say why illness developed in 1 person when family, neighbors, and many other villagers who reported similar poultry exposures did not have any evidence of H5N1 virus infection."That is fortunate because the mortality, both avian and human, from those who contract the virus is quite high. Investigation of Avian Influenza (H5N1) Outbreak in Humans --- Thailand, 2004[^]"The H5N1 outbreak in humans in Thailand during January--March and August--October 2004 affected primarily children. Overall mortality was high (75%). During the same period, mortality among persons with human cases in Vietnam was also high (80%) (8). These data suggest that the disease has become more severe than that reported in Hong Kong in 1997, in which mortality was only 33% (2). However, availability of early aggressive treatment in Hong Kong in 1997 or mutation of the virus might explain this difference. During December 16, 2004--December 8, 2005, global mortality among persons with human cases was 29% (5)."It appears that early detection and aggressive treatment are the keys to survival. Although avian/human transmissi -
At the moment it doesn't readily cross the species barrier, but that's subject to change in the future. The great flu pandemic of 1918-1919 was probably a bird flu. We still can't cure a virus, and while modern supportive medicine is much better than the situation ~90 years ago it won't do any good against a disease where you goto bed healthy, and die overnight without ever waking up.
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dan neely wrote:
At the moment it doesn't readily cross the species barrier
Then what's to worry about then?
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dan neely wrote:
At the moment it doesn't readily cross the species barrier
Then what's to worry about then?
The deadliest flu outbreaks come from bird/swine flus that do manage to jump the barrier easily. Because they're so different than the norm the bodies immune response is much less efficient and they do alot more damage.
-- Rules of thumb should not be taken for the whole hand.
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From a poll on the BBC news website:
Are you concerned about bird flu?
Yes
25.63%
No
68.74%
Don't know
5.62%
3823 Votes Cast
Results are indicative and may not reflect public opinion5.62% (215) people taking part in the poll "don't know" if they are concerned about bird flu! Do these people not even know thier own minds! What is this world coming to?
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:) highly interesting how the media blows it all out of proportion - remember SARS? remember Y2k ? The new baby is of course the fear of global warming and how humans are responsible for it of particular interest is the lack of balance in the reporting - but thats modern mainstream media cheerypips Bryce
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