does bird flu REALLY influence u ????
461321
Yes...\n\nMy job requires looking at hundreds of avian influenza articles per week. It influences me as a form of torture.\n\nEventually, however, avian influenza will influence all of us. There is the possibility it will mutate into a form that infects upper respiratory tract cells, and thus spreads from person to person. The probability of that happening is undetermined. \n\nEven if that doesn't happen, avian influenza has had a profound affect upon the poultry industry of every country in which it has been found. The U.S. pountry industry (if you are in the U.S.) will be less affected than many other countries, because so many of our chicken's are raised indoors. Nevertheless, the U.S. pountry industry will have to undergo many regional culls. This will actually drive the price of poultry down, as we have seen in other countries, because people will be scared to buy chickens. The economic ripple effect will be felt by everyone, in one form or another.\n\nBut, we will survive. All chickens will be raised indoors, in time.\n\nThe U.S. might experience less regional outbreaks of avian influenza than other countries, because West Nile Virus has devastated local wild bird populations - meaning there is less of a vector for avian influenza to use. However, migratory bird populations, such as ducks, will still spread it to farms where chicken's and other poultry are exposed to the outdoors.
269756
As of now, several answers to your questions are unknown. While this disease has been in the news for quite a while, it is still a new disease, and we don't know much about it yet. Only time will tell what is going to happen, and what the effects of this disease are.\n\nHere is what is known about it:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_flu
100573
Yes touching raw chicken contaminated with the bird flu virus can make you sick. I would say that it is best to wear gloves during preparation, wash hands thoroughly before and after preparation, disinfect surfaces that had contact with the raw poultry. You should also make sure  that the raw poultry does not drip unto other foods that will be eaten raw.
639471
Look!  First thing is first the only people who have gotten the bird flu live with birds lots of birds I would not worry about it. It wastes time and energy and why dwell on it when it is not here yet?
154127
No, I don't think so. My understanding is you would have to be living in very close surroundings with poultry that have the virus, or in close contact with live birds.\n\nHowever, I guess we'll be discovering new stuff about bird flu for years to come.
1182174
Its real, but its a non-issue.\n\nBird flu is just BS by the Bush administration to distract people's attention away from the war in Iraq. Its not contageous among people. You have to be exposed to the dander of an infected bird.\n\nREALITY CHECK: Since 1998 when bird flu was discovered in Hong Kong......\n... About 100 people died from bird flu.\n... About 3,000,000 people died from regular flu.\n\nSo which flu do we need to worry about the most?
451577
Relax.  The media in the US is making people crazy about bird flu.  The rest of the world isn't concerned. Turn off the tv.
592668
Keep up to date on bird flu (don't rely on a WIKI!)\n\nSee the World Health Organisation site:\n\nhttp://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/en/\n\nIf you prefer an American site, see the Centers for Disease Control:\n\nhttp://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/index.htm
198400
Yes it is. \nThere is a hysteria going around now that's ridiculous, and you get ignorant answers galore. \nBird flu transmission so from a sick or dead bird to a human handling the bird. NOT any eggs!!! The virus does not pass into the egg. \nEvery single human who got sick handled birds. \nAnother thing - you boil and eat the eggs - and they go into your stomach - here we have heat treatment (boiling) and an acid bath (stomach).\n"...When a bird is infected with bird flu, it sheds the flu virus in its faeces, saliva and mucus. Other birds become infected by eating or inhaling the virus.\nThe virus can infect people who are in close contact with infected birds - for example by people inhaling dried faeces that have become trampled into dust or stuck to the feathers or other parts of the body of the infected bird.1\nPeople cannot catch bird flu from eating cooked chickens..."
399351
if you are refering to the avian bird flu in the news, only about 100 ppl have died of this in the last 3 years. i think we have more to worry about such as the effects of drugs, alcohol and sexually transmitted dieases than birds killing us.
371427
just go to a search engine and search for "bird flu". You'll find a ton of information
679126
right now, you have very little to fear.  the avian flu rarely infects humans and even in the rare instances that it does, it can not be transmitted from human to human.  however, the virus that is currently infecting birds (H5N1) can also infect pigs and while in the pigs it can transform into a strain that can infect humans (do to surface protein affinity--very long story).  that's when you need to worry.  but it hasn't happened yet.
402956
Yes due to the bird flu, you have the entire week off!
357102
i think so.not only that i think H5N1 was manufactured in a lab.why Else would there be a threat from birds? can you imagine a morning without birds chirping?if we loose that we've lost the morning songs that our children will never hear and maybe what we re taking for granted.
98319
Kill all affected birds, human in direct contact with those birds are prone to bird flu, last 3 years 92 people are dead from bird flu and all were bird handlers.\n\nThere is no harm in eating well cooked chicken and egg.\n\nIt has not yet spead from humam to human but danger is still there.
406919
First things first: Bird Flu in a human is of minimal concern until the virus learns how to go from person to person.  The presence of AIDS has nothing whatever to do with that; it just makes the AIDS victim more susceptible to the virus, when it finds its way on board.\n\nOnce it becomes able to spread from person to person, if it retains its virulence (not a guarantee, but it's a bet that we'd better hedge) it'll decimate the population.  The AIDS victims might go faster, and have a higher mortality rate--frankly, it's not unlikely that such would be the case--but it would be devastating.\n\nFURTHER CAVEAT!!!  If, as appears likely, a functional vaccine against Avian Influenza (what docs call Bird Flu) is available by the time that happens, the AIDS patients will be likely to suffer more, but they won't be alone; other immunologically compromised folks (the malnourished, the frail elderly, the multiply-chronically-ill, and others) will be easy victims, too.  The younger and vigorous will have a much better chance if there is a vaccine.  The same is true if novel neuraminidase inhibitors are developed to treat the disease, too.\n\nThis is a remarkably superficial analysis, but I think it contains the basics.
151139
It is called the foot and mouth diseae which attackes cattle like pigs, cows, goats and so on. Looks like livestocks, including chickens that spread the bird flu are not to be taken for the time being. If you worry, take fish only or opt to be a vegeterian instead.Meantime, protection yourself by taking lots fruits becos they contain Vit.C and eating raw garlic or pills form of it.