Just watched the news and couldn't believe it when they carried an item on an outbreak of Avian Flu in Thailand.
H5N1 has evolved into a flu virus strain that infects more species than any previously known flu virus strain, is deadlier than any previously known flu virus strain, and continues to evolve becoming both more widespread and more deadly causing a leading expert on avian flu to publish an article titled "The world is teetering on the edge of a pandemic that could kill a large fraction of the human population" in American Scientist. He called for adequate resources to fight what he sees as a major world threat to possibly billions of lives.[9] Since the article was written, the world community has spent billions of dollars fighting this threat with limited success.
I phoned Ruth but no-one's answering the phone. I'm not usually a worrier but I have deep sense of foreboding about all this. Surely it can't be?
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Dominie
Just stumbled across your blog. I watched the BBC news item as well. There was no mention of your friend's daughter. Have local news programmes mentioned it?
Mike
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