Excellent series, great final. will add to Flu Wiki, currently as tip of the week and soon in the preparedness section.
Very informative. Thanks. The section "What YOU can do" was of particular interest to me.
I've added this site to my links at H5N1.
Thanks!
Crawford Kilian
Proper handwashing goes beyond the 20-second rule. You must avoid recontaminating your hands after washing. Hence, dispense paper towelling before washing, dry your hands, use paper towel to turn off the faucets, and use dry paper towel, your clothes, or the push-button, where available, to open the door when you exit the facility. I learned this from my big brother. He works with nasty bugs.
Is there a missing word here? You say:
Roche has set up a first-come, first-serve waiting list for the drug, and sources have reported that the U.S. is Currently, we have about 2 million doses in stock;
The U.S. is... ?
Thanks for an informative and very detailed series. It's a great service.
Proper handwashing goes beyond the 20-second rule. You must avoid recontaminating your hands after washing. Hence, dispense paper towelling before washing, dry your hands, use paper towel to turn off the faucets, and use dry paper towel, your clothes, or the push-button, where available, to open the door when you exit the facility. I learned this from my big brother. He works with nasty bugs.
That's a very good point. Most people are pretty lazy about handwashing, so you can easily re-contaminate yourself if you're not careful.
Is there a missing word here? You say:
Roche has set up a first-come, first-serve waiting list for the drug, and sources have reported that the U.S. is Currently, we have about 2 million doses in stock;
The U.S. is... ?
Indeed--there was a linked article and it seems the formatting was messed up so it didn't show--sorry! Fixed now.
"Also, re-train yourself not to cover your mouth with your hands when you cough: use a tissue, or the crook of your arm—-something that won’t come into contact as often with surfaces, or with other people."
Oddly enough, just a day or two after reading this, I was looking through the window at the drive-thru & watched a worker turn away from the food preparation area, sneeze into her hand, then turn back & continue serving food ... Yet another restaurant location to cross off my list of places to go, along with the one where an employee was sweeping off tables with the same broom he was using to sweep the floor.
I'm beginning to think the phrase 'common sense' is an oxymoron.
What will be the 'trigger' to watch for, either in the press or on a site like ProMed, that will tell us that avian flu has gone to a probable pandemic stage?
Thanks
Curtis
That's really hard to say. Most likely several confirmed reports of human-to-human transmission, particularly ones where there has been a documented chain of several human hosts with no bird exposure.
In Chile the people dont know about the avian flu in fact we had an outbreak in the year 2002 and this big success not appear on the news 500.000 birds was killed
We have created a Web portal to satisfy the lack of information and take te pulse of the relevant news on my continent and of the world
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peace and merry christmas to you and you family
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