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19 October 2006

Bronco Bill – at 22:47

NEWS

U.S. to get 115 million flu vaccines this year, CDC says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Flu vaccine makers will provide 115 million doses to the U.S. market this year, by far the

most ever, but vexing distribution problems mean it may still be difficult to get a shot, health officials said this

week.

[snip]

Influenza kills an estimated 36,000 Americans, mostly elderly, in an average year and puts 200,000 into the hospital.

Globally, flu kills 250,000 to 500,000 every year.

Many different flu strains circulate and they change a little every year, sometimes mutating a great deal, so the

vaccine must be reformulated each year. It is manufactured using an old-fashioned and uncertain process that requires

chicken eggs and months of production.

On the web here

Bronco Bill – at 22:55

Bump

Monotreme – at 23:00

BB, jumped the gun didn’t you? I was hoping for another one of AnnieB’s wonderful summaries. Don’t forget, you’re in the Eastern Time zone now, CitySlicker.

Okieman – at 23:12

BB,

Don’t open that thar gate too early now, hear. Us folks a roundin up the news won’t know which pen to put’em up in.

DennisC – at 23:13

Well if Bill says it is Oct 20….

it is in Israel now so….just a warning, it doesn’t look like new cases.

Western Negev: Bird flu back?

Residents of communities in southern Israel fear that bird flu is back. A letter from the sanitation department of the Eshkol Regional Council to poultry farmers, many of whom were hurt by the March 2006 outbreak of the disease, warns against a second round of bird flu, apparently following information on the nesting of the flu in southern Egypt and the Gaza Strip.

http://tinyurl.com/vf594

bump – at 23:47

20 October 2006

bump – at 00:14

AnnieB – at 00:32

Okay, this makes it a wee tad difficult - I would like to do a summary but I don’t think it will be as effective in the middle of a thread …

BB darling, It has been October 20 here in NZ for 17 1/2 hours now but I use the Wiki clock to start new stuff ;−0

As there are only 2 news stories here, if ya’all hold off, I will create a summary then look to copy these ones over?? Let me think about it while I do the summary.

Blue – at 00:36

 Too late I was gonna say its 12.34 pm over here!

Blue – at 00:39

 -all I know is that we’re +8 hours on GMT…same as Beijing…(thats why its always crowded when I’m downloading YouTube)

DO NOT USE THIS THREAD – at 01:05

Okay, I am going to start another Oct 20 News Thread with the summary at the start. The two stories on this thread have been included in the Summary.

PLEASE DO NOT POST ANY MORE STORIES TO THIS THREAD

Thanks team

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