China – Bird Flu
Amanda O’Donnell
January 30, 2009
11:21am
So far this month there have been 7 people who have reportedly had the Bird Flu virus and 5 of those people have died. All of the people had had encounters with poultry before they got the virus. The Bird Flu also known as H5N1 Flu is mainly a virus among birds but experts feel that it could turn into a form that is easily transmitted by humans and could start a pandemic that could kill many people.
The virus had resurfaced in 2003 in Asia and there have been 399 affected by the virus while 252 resulted in death, 22 of those deaths came from China. The reported cases in China have been all over the country, not just in one general area. All of these newly reported diseases have been in places where there has been no known outbreak of poultry.
I find this so very interesting because within one month 5 people have died all because of the same virus and they were not close in location what so ever. All seven of these cases were very spread out in distance. Many people seem to show no concern about this beginning to spread across the country. I feel that this is being taken too lightly because I feel that there should be more efforts being put into testing the poultry to make sure that there are healthy products being produced.
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE50P4P020090126
1 comment:
I totally agree with you when you talked about that people are showing no concern about this topic because it continues to spread. If people are dying because of this then the people should try to find a way to stop it. People should be more aware of it and the people in China should educate people on this topic.
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