New Bird Flu Strain On The Loose!

[jimmy olsen]

DOOM!

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/30/us-birdflu-asia-mutant-idUSTRE77T1VM20110830

Bird flu deaths in Asia prompt call for scrutiny

By Tan Ee Lyn

HONG KONG | Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:54am EDT

(Reuters) - Virologists warned on Tuesday that there was no vaccine against a mutant strain of H5N1 bird flu now spreading in China and Vietnam and called for closer monitoring of the disease in poultry and wild birds to stop it spreading to people.

The call came after the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Monday of a possible resurgence of bird flu and said a mutant strain of the H5N1 was spreading in Asia and beyond.

While scientists are uncertain if this new strain -- called H5N1-2.3.2.1 -- is more virulent in people, they said it was different enough from its predecessor to escape a human H5N1 vaccine that can tackle the parent strain.

"There is a human H5N1 vaccine candidate that is a (WHO)recommended vaccine ... But it doesn't confer full protection against the (new variant)," said leading virologist Malik Peiris at the University of Hong Kong.

"But that is not unusual. H5 viruses keep changing and we have to change the vaccine strain."

The World Health Organization meets twice a year, in February and September, when experts discuss and decide on the makeup of candidate influenza vaccines.

H5N1 kills up to 60 percent of the people it infects. It has resurfaced in recent months, most notably in Cambodia where it has infected eight people this year, killing all of them.

"H5N1 cases in Cambodia always have high mortality because they are detected late," Peiris told Reuters in an interview.

"It doesn't necessarily indicate that this particular virus strain is more virulent to humans. But it is a threat because it has become more widespread globally."

[The Brain]

Kill the mutant. The alien. The heretic.

[Tamas]

[Eddie Teach]

 

The creepy granny expression that little girl is wearing makes the pic.

[Scipio]

Kill the mutant. The alien. The heretic.

Purify the world with the cleansing fire of the Emperor.

[ulmont]

Kill the mutant. The alien. The heretic.

Purify the world with the cleansing fire of the Emperor.

An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.

[jimmy olsen]

Kill the mutant. The alien. The heretic.

Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future there is only war.

[Martinus]

Kill the mutant. The alien. The heretic.

Which group do Asians fall into?

[The Brain]

Kill the mutant. The alien. The heretic.

Which group do Asians fall into?

At least 2 and 3.

[Drakken]

So a mutation of flu strain renders current H5N1 avian flu vaccines useless? Cry me a river. Flu mutates, people still die from the flu, and vaccines need to be updated, even here in the West. That's what flu is all about : changed flu strain appearing, keeping tabs to monitor the eventuality of a pandemic, and a few months of research to create an updated vaccine.

How about these population stop living around free poultry littering their shit around their house for a change? Prevention trumps all.

[Bluebook]

...this new strain -- called H5N1-2.3.2.1

Is this a joke?

[DontSayBanana]

The Shadout Mapes!

[Richard Hakluyt]

...this new strain -- called H5N1-2.3.2.1

Is this a joke?

The worst thing is that it's an 8Gb download, going to take all day with my crappy internet 

[Darth Wagtaros]

An empty mind is easily filled with faith.

[Josephus]

We should kill all poultry and Asians just to be safe.