August 21, 2005
Avian Flu Again
it's true
bird flu
could kill
you
and of almost
greater concern
lots of others
don't despair
be aware
prepare
Photo note: I was shooting birds all weekend, but, bless their hearts, they move quickly when they are near, and my equipment is small, slow and not telephotographic, thus producing many blurry blobs. This is the Chinese Molded Metal Warbler, found most often atop a stick in house plants. It is popular among photographers for its immobility.
Bird flu News :
Hundreds of thousands of birds in Asia have died due to a virus called the "bird flu." The highly contagious illness is responsible for wiping out large numbers of poultry in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. The particular strain of influenza which has been reported as causing the deaths is called H5N1. Humans can contract the disease through close contact with infected birds, or with the feces of infected birds. It is not known to spread through human-to-human contact. There has been no indication that humans would get the disease through eating eggs or meat of sick birds.The only known way to eradicate the disease is by culling infected flocks. Thus far millions of chickens, ducks and other kinds of poultry have been culled in an effort to eliminate the virus. There have been several deaths due to the flu and the World Health Organization has expressed concern that the virus could latch on to a human influenza virus, potentially causing a serious epidemic. The bird flu's symptoms in humans include fever and coughing and eventual pneumonia.
for more information on the bird flu check http://www.drugdelivery.ca/bird-flu.aspx.