Whoopdeedoo bring it on, I'm outta that age range, and got an agni that consumes and annihliates any flu in hell fire torment for any bug that comes near.
--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A friend sent me this and I am forwarding it on. > > ----------------------------------- > I saw a worrisome piece on Nightline Monday night. > > It was about the Bird Flu and here are the key points: > > Outbreaks have surfaced now in several countries including Thailand, the > Phlilpeans, and Japan. > > Expert scientists in this field are no longer saying that a Bird Flu > pandemic is "possible". They are now saying it's "probable". > > It has transmitted to humans and it has been fatal in 55% of cases where it > has been diagnosed. > > Like the Flu pandemic of 1918 the highest fatality rates are in the 15 - 35 > year old age group. It's not primarily the very old or very young that are > most vulnerable. > > Unlike the Asian Flu pandemic in 1918, the human species has no prior > exposure to this type of virus. No one has antibodies. There's been no > biological opportunity to develop immunities. People didn't fly in jets > around the world in 1918, yet that pandemic circled the world 3 times before > running it's course. > > There are no vaccines or even treatment therapies in existance today. > > Among these expert scientists it's believed that if an outbreak were to > happen this year that 60 million in the US would likey die, and likely 1.2 > billion world wide. > > The virus is mutating rapidly. There's no way to know when it might break > out. > > Migrating geese can carry this virus. It could quickly spread worldwide. > > Assuming one had a vaccine, there has never been more than 300 million doses > of any vaccine produced in a year (barely enough to cover the population of > the US) > > What would foreign relations look like if only the US and a few other > wealthy countries could protect their citizens. How would the rest of the > world feel to loose 20 - 25% of their citizens, and what would that world > look like? > > Developing and producing a vaccine with current technology relies on hen > eggs. This is problematical becuase this virus kills 100% of the chickens > it infests. > > If there are any answers, they weren't presented in this program. The only > hope presented was that enough time goes by so that there is opportunity to > develop counter measures. > > If an outbreak took place this Fall there is really nothing that modern > medical technology could do. > > > I want to verify this story, but the information presented was quite > specific and factual. I would have to believe that Nightline would use > reasonable journalistic standards and fact checking especially when the > content could not be seen as anything but highly alarming. > > I've been inspired by your aggressive role in getting important information > into the light of day. > > As it stands now, I'm at least a thousand times more concerned about this > than I am about any threat from Al Queda. > > I want to think of ways to get this on the front burner of national > awareness. Only then can we hope that the needed massive resources will be > deployed toward effective counter measures. > > I had no idea of how serious this is. > > Yours, > > Jim To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
