Flu Pandemic Threat - Experts from 85 countries agree to expand cooperation
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Article Date: 09 Oct 2005 - 7:00 PDT
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Experts from 85 countries have agreed to the USA's proposal to cooperate more fully in trying to contain bird flu. Only by containing the spread of bird flu, and also the spread of a possible eventual human-to-human contagion, can we have any hope of battling a looming pandemic, said one official.
Health experts discussed how to pull resources and respond to a real global threat of a flu pandemic if the current H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus mutates.
The USA put forward some steps that all countries should take. These include:
-- Transparency in reporting potential outbreaks of the disease
-- Instant sharing of epidemiological data and samples with WHO
-- Prompt coordination of resource allocations (bilateral and multilateral)
-- Continuous testing of samples of the virus to monitor its evolution closely. The data to be shared immediately and openly.
If the H5N1 virus were to mutate and become transmissible from human-to-human the consequences for world health, social and economic stability, could be devastating.
Written by: Christian Nordqvist
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Flu pandemic education
posted by Grant on 10 Oct 2005 at 1:17 amThis particular issue does not need to be an issue if we take the proper steps now. We need to educate those who work with possibly infected fowl. As the virus proliferates and gains strength in numbers the possibility of mutation increases. As mutations increase so does the risk to humans. With proper precautions the threat to humans can be minimized. So far I have not seen much in terms of anything being done to educate people in this way. In my view this was one of the major problems that amplified the SARS pandemic as well. Research into curbing the virus's entry into the human populus is good but it will eventually mutate and threaten us again. Education is the only sustainable protection we have.
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