Bird Flu

MadMax · Oct 28, 2005

reggietodd said:

I just bought some tamiflu to have for my family, just in case.
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where'd you get it ?

reggietodd · Oct 28, 2005

MadMax said:

where'd you get it ?
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I have a friend in the pharmacy industry that can get me things w/out a prescription.

MadMax · Oct 28, 2005

does tamiflu ordinarily require a prescription?? i thought it was OTC...

EDIT -- just googled it...requires a prescription.

pirc1 · Oct 28, 2005

MadMax said:

does tamiflu ordinarily require a prescription?? i thought it was OTC...

EDIT -- just googled it...requires a prescription.
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Well, the last time I got it was from my doctor. Maybe I can tell him I have the flue again just like last time.

Cohen · Nov 16, 2005

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/16/asia/web.1116flu.php

China confirms first human bird flu cases
The Associated Press

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2005

BEIJING China confirmed its first three human bird flu cases Wednesday, including two fatalities, as Asia-Pacific leaders called for better cooperation to head off a potential pandemic before the winter flu season arrives.

A 12-year-old girl in central Hunan province and a 24-year-old female poultry worker in Anhui province in the east died of the virus, said Roy Wadia, a World Health Organization spokesman in Beijing.

China's official Xinhua News Agency said the Health Ministry confirmed two human cases in Hunan and one in Anhui, but provided no additional details.

The third confirmed infection was the Hunan girl's 9-year-old brother who has since recovered, Wadia said. Chinese and WHO experts had been reviewing the children's cases because of a bird flu outbreak among poultry in their village.

Chinese officials initially said the two children and a teacher who also fell ill in their village had tested negative for bird flu.

The announcement marks mainland China's first human cases of the H5N1 virus that has killed at least 64 people in Asia since 2003.

A day earlier, China announced an ambitious plan to vaccinate its entire poultry stock — 14 billion fowl — against bird flu following 11 outbreaks in poultry over the past month. Details were not given.

Northeastern China's Liaoning province ordered all farm birds vaccinated early this month, said Fu Jingwu, deputy director of the provincial Animal Health Supervision and Management Bureau.

''All the poultry that's supposed to be vaccinated has been vaccinated — 320 million birds,'' Fu said.

The province has also destroyed more than 10 million chickens, ducks and other birds.

Meanwhile, government ministers at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea, urged more regional and international information-sharing and response systems to combat the bird flu threat.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged governments to improve communications and to encourage the private sector to help prepare for outbreaks before they happen.

''New global pandemics, like avian influenza, require new, concerted action,'' she told APEC trade and foreign ministers. ''We must increase the transparency of our political systems. We need to improve our ability to communicate accurate, relevant information quickly to the international community, and we must encourage our private sector to help us prepare for outbreaks before they happen.''

In Indonesia, visiting European Union Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou warned that the country must intensify its bird flu fight and that the government must follow through with action.

He said the country has to devise and implement a detailed plan — from ways to monitor hundreds of millions of backyard chickens to guidelines for slaughtering and vaccinating them.

''It will not be an easy task,'' said Kyprianou. ''Indonesia will need foreign assistance ... we can help but we can't do it for them.''

Also Wednesday, Vietnamese authorities reported bird flu outbreaks in three more provinces — northern Vinh Phuc and Son La and central Quang Ngai — bringing to 12 the number of cities and provinces affected in the latest wave, which began about a month ago.

Vietnam is in middle of an aggressive campaign to cull all poultry in most of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. The government is paying farmers about half the market value, and any birds found alive in the cities' main urban areas after Monday will be killed without compensation, authorities have said.

In Taiwan, officials on Wednesday expressed doubt about British tests that found the H5N1 virus in a group of finch-like birds imported from the island.

Taiwan's top animal health official, Watson Sung, said tests at the farm that supplied the birds had found no evidence of the virus. Taiwan will send a delegation to Britain to clear up the situation, Sung said.

Also Wednesday, Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, unveiled plans to cope with a possible flu pandemic.

State political leader Premier Maurice Iemma said community halls and even sports fields would be pressed into action as places to isolate human flu victims, and hospitals would cancel non-urgent procedures.

BEIJING China confirmed its first three human bird flu cases Wednesday, including two fatalities, as Asia-Pacific leaders called for better cooperation to head off a potential pandemic before the winter flu season arrives.

A 12-year-old girl in central Hunan province and a 24-year-old female poultry worker in Anhui province in the east died of the virus, said Roy Wadia, a World Health Organization spokesman in Beijing.

China's official Xinhua News Agency said the Health Ministry confirmed two human cases in Hunan and one in Anhui, but provided no additional details.

The third confirmed infection was the Hunan girl's 9-year-old brother who has since recovered, Wadia said. Chinese and WHO experts had been reviewing the children's cases because of a bird flu outbreak among poultry in their village.

Chinese officials initially said the two children and a teacher who also fell ill in their village had tested negative for bird flu.

The announcement marks mainland China's first human cases of the H5N1 virus that has killed at least 64 people in Asia since 2003.

A day earlier, China announced an ambitious plan to vaccinate its entire poultry stock — 14 billion fowl — against bird flu following 11 outbreaks in poultry over the past month. Details were not given.

Northeastern China's Liaoning province ordered all farm birds vaccinated early this month, said Fu Jingwu, deputy director of the provincial Animal Health Supervision and Management Bureau.

''All the poultry that's supposed to be vaccinated has been vaccinated — 320 million birds,'' Fu said.

The province has also destroyed more than 10 million chickens, ducks and other birds.

Meanwhile, government ministers at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea, urged more regional and international information-sharing and response systems to combat the bird flu threat.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged governments to improve communications and to encourage the private sector to help prepare for outbreaks before they happen.

''New global pandemics, like avian influenza, require new, concerted action,'' she told APEC trade and foreign ministers. ''We must increase the transparency of our political systems. We need to improve our ability to communicate accurate, relevant information quickly to the international community, and we must encourage our private sector to help us prepare for outbreaks before they happen.''

In Indonesia, visiting European Union Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou warned that the country must intensify its bird flu fight and that the government must follow through with action.

He said the country has to devise and implement a detailed plan — from ways to monitor hundreds of millions of backyard chickens to guidelines for slaughtering and vaccinating them.

''It will not be an easy task,'' said Kyprianou. ''Indonesia will need foreign assistance ... we can help but we can't do it for them.''

Also Wednesday, Vietnamese authorities reported bird flu outbreaks in three more provinces — northern Vinh Phuc and Son La and central Quang Ngai — bringing to 12 the number of cities and provinces affected in the latest wave, which began about a month ago.

Vietnam is in middle of an aggressive campaign to cull all poultry in most of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. The government is paying farmers about half the market value, and any birds found alive in the cities' main urban areas after Monday will be killed without compensation, authorities have said.

In Taiwan, officials on Wednesday expressed doubt about British tests that found the H5N1 virus in a group of finch-like birds imported from the island.

Taiwan's top animal health official, Watson Sung, said tests at the farm that supplied the birds had found no evidence of the virus. Taiwan will send a delegation to Britain to clear up the situation, Sung said.

Also Wednesday, Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, unveiled plans to cope with a possible flu pandemic.

State political leader Premier Maurice Iemma said community halls and even sports fields would be pressed into action as places to isolate human flu victims, and hospitals would cancel non-urgent procedures.

BEIJING China confirmed its first three human bird flu cases Wednesday, including two fatalities, as Asia-Pacific leaders called for better cooperation to head off a potential pandemic before the winter flu season arrives.

A 12-year-old girl in central Hunan province and a 24-year-old female poultry worker in Anhui province in the east died of the virus, said Roy Wadia, a World Health Organization spokesman in Beijing.

China's official Xinhua News Agency said the Health Ministry confirmed two human cases in Hunan and one in Anhui, but provided no additional details.

The third confirmed infection was the Hunan girl's 9-year-old brother who has since recovered, Wadia said. Chinese and WHO experts had been reviewing the children's cases because of a bird flu outbreak among poultry in their village.

Chinese officials initially said the two children and a teacher who also fell ill in their village had tested negative for bird flu.

The announcement marks mainland China's first human cases of the H5N1 virus that has killed at least 64 people in Asia since 2003.

A day earlier, China announced an ambitious plan to vaccinate its entire poultry stock — 14 billion fowl — against bird flu following 11 outbreaks in poultry over the past month. Details were not given.

Northeastern China's Liaoning province ordered all farm birds vaccinated early this month, said Fu Jingwu, deputy director of the provincial Animal Health Supervision and Management Bureau.

''All the poultry that's supposed to be vaccinated has been vaccinated — 320 million birds,'' Fu said.

The province has also destroyed more than 10 million chickens, ducks and other birds.

Meanwhile, government ministers at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea, urged more regional and international information-sharing and response systems to combat the bird flu threat.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged governments to improve communications and to encourage the private sector to help prepare for outbreaks before they happen.

''New global pandemics, like avian influenza, require new, concerted action,'' she told APEC trade and foreign ministers. ''We must increase the transparency of our political systems. We need to improve our ability to communicate accurate, relevant information quickly to the international community, and we must encourage our private sector to help us prepare for outbreaks before they happen.''

In Indonesia, visiting European Union Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou warned that the country must intensify its bird flu fight and that the government must follow through with action.

He said the country has to devise and implement a detailed plan — from ways to monitor hundreds of millions of backyard chickens to guidelines for slaughtering and vaccinating them.

''It will not be an easy task,'' said Kyprianou. ''Indonesia will need foreign assistance ... we can help but we can't do it for them.''

Also Wednesday, Vietnamese authorities reported bird flu outbreaks in three more provinces — northern Vinh Phuc and Son La and central Quang Ngai — bringing to 12 the number of cities and provinces affected in the latest wave, which began about a month ago.

Vietnam is in middle of an aggressive campaign to cull all poultry in most of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. The government is paying farmers about half the market value, and any birds found alive in the cities' main urban areas after Monday will be killed without compensation, authorities have said.

In Taiwan, officials on Wednesday expressed doubt about British tests that found the H5N1 virus in a group of finch-like birds imported from the island.

Taiwan's top animal health official, Watson Sung, said tests at the farm that supplied the birds had found no evidence of the virus. Taiwan will send a delegation to Britain to clear up the situation, Sung said.

Also Wednesday, Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, unveiled plans to cope with a possible flu pandemic.

State political leader Premier Maurice Iemma said community halls and even sports fields would be pressed into action as places to isolate human flu victims, and hospitals would cancel non-urgent procedures.

BEIJING China confirmed its first three human bird flu cases Wednesday, including two fatalities, as Asia-Pacific leaders called for better cooperation to head off a potential pandemic before the winter flu season arrives.

A 12-year-old girl in central Hunan province and a 24-year-old female poultry worker in Anhui province in the east died of the virus, said Roy Wadia, a World Health Organization spokesman in Beijing.

China's official Xinhua News Agency said the Health Ministry confirmed two human cases in Hunan and one in Anhui, but provided no additional details.

The third confirmed infection was the Hunan girl's 9-year-old brother who has since recovered, Wadia said. Chinese and WHO experts had been reviewing the children's cases because of a bird flu outbreak among poultry in their village.

Chinese officials initially said the two children and a teacher who also fell ill in their village had tested negative for bird flu.

The announcement marks mainland China's first human cases of the H5N1 virus that has killed at least 64 people in Asia since 2003.

A day earlier, China announced an ambitious plan to vaccinate its entire poultry stock — 14 billion fowl — against bird flu following 11 outbreaks in poultry over the past month. Details were not given.

Northeastern China's Liaoning province ordered all farm birds vaccinated early this month, said Fu Jingwu, deputy director of the provincial Animal Health Supervision and Management Bureau.

''All the poultry that's supposed to be vaccinated has been vaccinated — 320 million birds,'' Fu said.

The province has also destroyed more than 10 million chickens, ducks and other birds.

Meanwhile, government ministers at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea, urged more regional and international information-sharing and response systems to combat the bird flu threat.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged governments to improve communications and to encourage the private sector to help prepare for outbreaks before they happen.

''New global pandemics, like avian influenza, require new, concerted action,'' she told APEC trade and foreign ministers. ''We must increase the transparency of our political systems. We need to improve our ability to communicate accurate, relevant information quickly to the international community, and we must encourage our private sector to help us prepare for outbreaks before they happen.''

In Indonesia, visiting European Union Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou warned that the country must intensify its bird flu fight and that the government must follow through with action.

He said the country has to devise and implement a detailed plan — from ways to monitor hundreds of millions of backyard chickens to guidelines for slaughtering and vaccinating them.

''It will not be an easy task,'' said Kyprianou. ''Indonesia will need foreign assistance ... we can help but we can't do it for them.''

Also Wednesday, Vietnamese authorities reported bird flu outbreaks in three more provinces — northern Vinh Phuc and Son La and central Quang Ngai — bringing to 12 the number of cities and provinces affected in the latest wave, which began about a month ago.

Vietnam is in middle of an aggressive campaign to cull all poultry in most of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. The government is paying farmers about half the market value, and any birds found alive in the cities' main urban areas after Monday will be killed without compensation, authorities have said.

In Taiwan, officials on Wednesday expressed doubt about British tests that found the H5N1 virus in a group of finch-like birds imported from the island.

Taiwan's top animal health official, Watson Sung, said tests at the farm that supplied the birds had found no evidence of the virus. Taiwan will send a delegation to Britain to clear up the situation, Sung said.

Also Wednesday, Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, unveiled plans to cope with a possible flu pandemic.

State political leader Premier Maurice Iemma said community halls and even sports fields would be pressed into action as places to isolate human flu victims, and hospitals would cancel non-urgent procedures.
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Rule0001 · Nov 16, 2005

nothing but hype.

there is no flu *waves hand*

MadMax · Nov 16, 2005

yikes.

and my childrens' doctor won't prescribe tamiflu unless you already have the symptoms of the flu. not sure how to get any.

Rocketman95 · Nov 16, 2005

Good thing I'm already dead from SARS.

Rule0001 · Nov 16, 2005

Rocketman95 said:

Good thing I'm already dead from SARS.
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good thing huh? lmao

the bird flu = joke

infact here's some lyrics to prove everything is fine

The Bird man daddy i fly in any
weather. Aligator seats with the head in the
inside. Swine on the dash, G-Wagon so Fly

it really doesn't apply at all to this thread, but hey when in rome.

candlegreen · Nov 16, 2005

We bought some too about a month ago. At any rate, the instructions said that it's preferred that it is taken within 24 hours of getting the flu. I don't see how that's possible to recognize.

TMac640 · Nov 16, 2005

candlegreen said:

We bought some too about a month ago. At any rate, the instructions said that it's preferred that it is taken within 24 hours of getting the flu. I don't see how that's possible to recognize.
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my guess?

probably when animals mysteriously begin to die all around your home and surrounding area.

I'm not a doctor, but I did stay at a holiday inn express last night.

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