[quote]ROME -- The United Nations warned Monday of a possible resurgence of the deadly bird flu virus, saying wild bird migrations had brought it back to previously virus-free countries and that a mutant strain was spreading in Asia.
A mutant strain of H5N1, which can apparently sidestep defenses of existing vaccines, is spreading in China and Vietnam, Tthe U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said in a statement Monday. It urged greater surveillance to ensure that any outbreaks are contained.
Last week, the World Health Organization reported that a 6-year-old Cambodian girl had died Aug. 14 from bird flu, the eighth person to die from H5N1 avian influenza this year in Cambodia.
Vietnam suspended its springtime poultry vaccination this year, FAO said. Most of the northern and central parts of the country where the virus is endemic have been invaded by the new strain.
Elsewhere, FAO says bird migrations over the past two years have brought H5N1 to countries that had been virus-free for several years, including Israel, the Palestinian territories, Bulgaria, Romania, Nepal and Mongolia.
"Wild birds may introduce the virus, but people's actions in poultry production and marketing spread it," said FAO's chief veterinary office Juan Lubroth in urging greater preparedness and surveillance.
WHO says globally there have been 331 human deaths from 565 confirmed bird flu cases since 2003 when it was first detected.
The virus was eliminated from most of the 63 countries infected at its peak in 2006, but it remained endemic in six countries: Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia and Vietnam.
The number of outbreaks in poultry and wild bird populations shrank from a high of 4000 to 302 in mid-2008, but outbreaks have risen progressively since, with almost 800 cases reported in 2010-2011, FAO said.
"The general departure from the progressive decline in 2004-2008 could mean that there will be a flare-up of H5N1 this fall and winter, with people unexpectedly finding the virus in their backyard," Lubroth said in a statement.[/quote]
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IT BEGINS
Oh, god. It's just like in Deus Ex!
If you're in Malaysia: get the fuck out! NOW!
It's all happening again!
Here we go again.
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[b]GENTLMEN, BEHOLD!
I, HAVE CREATED A STRAIN OF THE FLU, AND I WILL TEST IT ON ASIA![/b]
Doesn't this seem to happen once or twice a year now, or is this more serious than the usual outbreaks of bird flu?
Not sensationalist enough.
[B][highlight]BREAKING NEWS: Mutant bird flu taking hold of eurasia, civilians looting[/highlight][/B]
It's viral advertising for that new "Contagion" movie.
Waiting for stupid people to start saying things like:
"Oh god H5N1?! It must be 5 times worse than H1N1!"
Wow. Maybe Deus Ex was right. Oh god.
[QUOTE=RoflKawpter;32006971]Wow. Maybe Deus Ex was right. Oh god.[/QUOTE]
no no thats a good thing
[img]http://i.imgur.com/V94Vf.jpg[/img]
Oh look, some new disease has come along and people are overreacting. Whatever happened to that swine flu?
[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;32006925]It's viral advertising for that new "Contagion" movie.[/QUOTE]
Oh it's viral alright
Time to break out the surgical masks and flee to Madagascar.
I'm glad I'm not a sinophile.
[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;32007234]Time to break out the surgical masks and flee to Madagascar.[/QUOTE]
Sea port has already been closed, mate. You're not getting in. Nobody is. Nobody is getting out either.
And since they don't have an airport... God help us all.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;32007128][img]http://i.imgur.com/V94Vf.jpg[/img]
Oh look, some new disease has come along and people are overreacting. Whatever happened to that swine flu?[/QUOTE]
Every new flu is '[I]the one[/I]' that will kill millions.
In other news, immunologists love yachts and multi-million dollars houses.
So, I take it everybody is a little tickled by the fact that this coincides exactly with that newspaper in DX:HR?
[QUOTE=Kybalt;32006992]no no thats a good thing[/QUOTE]
My body is ready.
Good thing there aren't many mutant birds to catch it off.
oh dammit not this disease again.
I'd move to Madagascar but the ports are all closed.
Wtf I just moved here
[QUOTE=Arachnidus;32007312]So, I take it everybody is a little tickled by the fact that this coincides exactly with that newspaper in DX:HR?[/QUOTE]
I am ready for my swordarm
It'll never get to Madagascar.
[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;32007265]Sea port has already been closed, mate. You're not getting in. Nobody is. Nobody is getting out either.
And since they don't have an airport... God help us all.[/QUOTE]
Parachute.
Let's hope it gets interesting this time.
[QUOTE=GunTotingBastar;32008451]Let's hope it gets interesting this time.[/QUOTE]NO, let's not
Inb4 the entirety of the news media takes this story and blows it out of proportion thus causing massive panic and vaccinations for something that is not going to spread like they say it is.
[quote]WHO says globally there have been 331 human deaths from 565 confirmed bird flu cases since 2003 when it was first detected.[/quote]
Holy shit, that's like half of the human population! Panic!
I hear the government invented the Flu on purpose.
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