Human-to-human transmission
29 September 2004

The WHO says that human-to-human transmission of bird flu (H5N1 avian influenza) is now a real possibility, the last two cases being part of a family cluster.

9 Comments

  1. Whenever you pack animals and humans that close togher, the <chicken> shit will eventually hit the fan. I recall as a child on my granfather's farm, one of his chickens (of 50) had fallen ill and died. That was a death sentance for the remaining 49. We spent a lot of time plucking birds and such. These were free range birds too. Not the tin-shack with thousands you see in photo's all the time.</chicken>

    Comment by mdmhvonpa — 30 September 2004 @ 12:59 am

  2. What a pity the font in your blog is so small I can't read it.

    Comment by sophyQ — 30 September 2004 @ 4:11 am

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    Trackback by Simon World — 30 September 2004 @ 3:16 pm

  4. You know what they say: birds of a feather, flock together….

    Comment by Maria — 30 September 2004 @ 9:13 am

  5. Sophy, what screen resolution are you using?

    Comment by andrea — 30 September 2004 @ 9:16 am

  6. Maria: heh.

    mdmhvonpa: that's what my mum always says, our sins of cruelty are coming back to bite us in the bum.

    Comment by andrea — 30 September 2004 @ 9:24 am

  7. When the Chicken Shit Hits The Fan
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    Trackback by eclexys — 30 September 2004 @ 11:25 pm

  8. Funny, the only thing ST carried on it was a column accusing the WHO of *downplaying the threat*.

    Comment by Grace — 1 October 2004 @ 1:16 pm

  9. Grace, that's interesting. That means Singapore is back on panic stations?

    Anyone in Singapore care to tell us what the prevailing opinion is there?

    Comment by andrea — 4 October 2004 @ 1:01 pm

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