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(From WHO as at 13 Nov - latest update) Total human cases worldwide 258, deaths 153 (2006 – 111 with 76 deaths)
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Link to news thread for 13 November (link News Reports for November 13 )
(Usual disclaimer about may not have captured everything. Feel free to add your own where omissions have occurred.)
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Thanks to all of the newshounds!
Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:13pm ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s Ministry of Health has urged local governments to be on alert for SARS and human cases of bird flu and to strengthen prevention against epidemics as winter approaches. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome first emerged in China’s southern Guangdong province, and the country is at the center of the fight against the H5N1 bird flu virus, with dozens of animal outbreaks and 21 human cases since 2003.
“Experts believe that currently China has already entered the high season for respiratory disease,” the ministry said in a statement on its Web site (www.moh.gov.cn) on Tuesday.
“The health ministry demands that all localities strengthen supervision and reporting of cases of pneumonia where the cause is unclear, human cases of bird flu, ordinary influenza cases and SARS,” it said.
Local authorities must “immediately report outbreaks and adopt measures to prevent and control epidemics,” the statement said.
China was widely criticized for its initial coverup of a SARS outbreak, which contributed to its spread around the world.
Experts say management of outbreaks has improved, but the government has acknowledged a lack of administrative capacity and a willingness among local officials to disclose information.”
The Associated Press
Published: November 14, 2006
JAKARTA, Indonesia: A woman died of bird flu on the western outskirts of Indonesia’s capital Tuesday, raising the country’s death toll from the virus to 57, a senior health ministry official said. The 35-year-old female from Tangerang city died after four days of hospitalization, said Nyoman Kandun, adding that the source of exposure was still under investigation.
“Her death brings the (country’s) death toll to 57,” he said.
Indonesian CFR is now 77%. Overall: 59% 2006: 68%
(ducking out without further comment as this is a thread dedicated to news reports not conversation.)
Indonesia reports 54th avian flu case Jul 17, 2006 (CIDRAP News)
With the latest death, the case-fatality rate for avian flu in Indonesia is 78%, whereas Vietnam, with 93 cases and 42 deaths, has a fatality rate of 45%. According to the WHO tally, the overall case-fatality rate is 57% (230 cases, 132 deaths).
November 14, 2006 at 08:04 AM
(software translation from Indonesian)
Langkat
(SIB) was related to the death of dozens of chickens suddenly property of the citizen of the Bingei Estuary District.
“The subdistrict Stabat the Langkat Regency, the agricultural Service and Langkat Livestock Breeding, on Monday (13/11) immediately did the graph test (the fast test implement) against chicken that remained.
“Setelah we test through the fast test implement, evidently the chicken belonging to the citizen who died suddenly that terindikasi the ND virus (Newcastel Desis).
We have carried out various test and results of the virus of the negative H5N1 (bird flu) ,” firm Kasi the Health of the Animal and Langkat Livestock Breeding of the agricultural Service, on Monday (13/11) to the reporter.
According to him, the death dozens of chickens belonging to the citizen suddenly this has been handled directly. Moreover his side has also made an effort to prevent this illness by means of did dispektan (spraying).
“Kalau the bird flu virus (H5H1) that was marked by the death of the chicken suddenly and that was attacked was the respiratory tract, now the chicken belonging to this citizen the death gradually with the sign of the wings to the chicken descended as well as that was attacked nerves. After being checked by us chicken that still was living that evidently the virus negative H5N1,” he said.
In the meantime, the Section Head Agriculture and Livestock Breeding of Langkat Ir Basrah Daulay SP when being found by the reporter, on Monday (13/11) in his office said, till at this time in the Langkat Regency was not yet was found by the bird flu virus and available only Newcastle Disease viruses ND. in the season pancaroba between the hot season to the rain season would many illnesses that attacked poultries especially the chicken. And generally that happened when the change in the weather.
To anticipate this, the agricultural service and livestock breeding did various activities like the socialisation as well as did dispektan (spraying) against chicken coops belonging to the citizen. Basrah also made a plea to the citizen who had the chicken coop during always guarded the cleanliness of the chicken coop in an orderly fashion. That was carried out to prevent the development of the illness virus that attacked the chicken.”
Tue, Nov. 14, 2006
Associated Press
U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez credited Chinese advances, noting that Chinese and U.S. law enforcement cooperated in seizing fake Tamiflu, a drug used to fight bird flu, and that Chinese courts have ruled in favor of protecting the trademarks and patents of Pfizer.
-excerpt
China expert urges cooperation on bird flu
A prominent Chinese health expert has called on scientists in Hong Kong and China to cooperate and conduct joint research to prevent a flu pandemic, a pro-Beijing newspaper reported.
The call comes after China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Chinese scientists criticized scientists in Hong Kong and the United States in recent weeks for publishing a study saying that a new, vaccine-resistant strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus had emerged in China.
Zhong Nanshan, a respiratory disease expert based in China’s southern Guangdong province, told the Ta Kung Pao newspaper that both sides must communicate.
“China and Hong Kong are one family and they may be facing a dangerous co-explosion of the common flu and avian flu in coming days. I hope there can be more co-ordination, sharing of information in the future,” he told the newspaper in an interview published on Tuesday…”
http://tinyurl.com/wgmy9
Conflicting reports on that last death in Indonesia:
Indonesian with bird flu still alive
A 35-year-old bird flu patient is in intensive care in an Indonesian hospital and has not died, as a senior Health Ministry official mistakenly said earlier.
Health Ministry official Nyoman Kandun apologised for the mix-up and said Indonesia’s death toll from bird flu remains at 56.
A spokesman for the Sulianti Saroso infectious diseases hospital also said the woman was alive.
A two-year-old boy died in the same hospital on Monday.
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Oops that was me above.
Bush departs for Asia today
WASHINGTON - President Bush leaves today for an eight-day trip to Asia that will include his first-ever visit to Vietnam.
The highlight of the trip is the Pacific Rim summit in Vietnam. National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley says trade, terrorism and bird flu will be the dominant topics of discussion…..
…..En route to Vietnam, the president will make a stop in Moscow and Singapore. On his return home from Vietnam, the president will visit Indonesia and Hawaii.
Zhong Nanshan, that’s a good guy. Very well-respected in Hong Kong medical circles.
Bird flu risk ‘highlighted’ in new hard-hitting report
A new report published today questions whether wild bird imports can be justified in the light of the consequences of the trade for both health and welfare.
The report’s authors - the European Food Safety Authority - were asked by the European Commission to report on the risks of disease being imported with wild caught birds.
They conclude that the trade presents a “very serious” hazard when assessing the possibility of introducing diseases such as bird ‘flu into the European Union.
“The risk assessment level for disease spread as ‘very serious’ is at the very top of their assessment scale,” said John Rolls, RSPCA director of Animal Welfare Promotion.
“The report also highlights the cruelty of the capture and ongoing captivity of wild birds. It provides strong arguments for making the current ban permanent.”
The RSPCA is campaigning for a permanent ban on the import of wild caught birds.
The EU is the largest importer of wild caught birds in the world, responsible for over 90% of imports of threatened and endangered species.
A temporary wild bird import ban was first introduced in October 2005 as a precautionary measure to reduce the risk of importing bird ‘flu.
The ban has been renewed several times and is due for review shortly as it expires on December 31 this year.
EFSA commissioned today’s report to assess both the welfare and health risks of importing wild birds.
John Rolls said: “The European scientists confirm that up to 70 per cent of wild birds die during trapping and in transit before they even reach quarantine. They hint that the safest and most welfare-friendly course would be a permanent ban on this cruel and unnecessary trade. The RSPCA agrees.”
US Department of Labor s OSHA Unveils New Guidance for Protecting Employees Against Avian Flu
WASHINGTON(National News release) — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today unveiled new safety and health guidance that alerts employees and employers about the hazards of occupational exposure to avian influenza from infected birds, or “avian flu,” and provides practical recommendations on ways to avoid infection….”
details here… http://tinyurl.com/y9yto8
Bird flu fight at CSU takes flight
(US, Colorado)- “There have been no confirmed human cases of avian influenza in humans in the United States. After a recent grant, CSU will now contribute to keeping it that way.
Researchers at CSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were recently awarded $2.6 million from the Centers for Disease Control to study the transmission of avian influenza, or bird flu, to humans…”
…”He explained that the bulk of infectious diseases are zoonotic, or transmitted between animals and humans, and that medical professionals need to come together to fight this disease.
“One goal is to bring veterinary medicine and human medicine together, so that we can complete the story,” he said.
..”
http://tinyurl.com/y6umqj
MaMa – at 12:18 wrote:
“US Department of Labor s OSHA Unveils New Guidance for Protecting Employees Against Avian Flu”
In relation to the above, recently Agriculture Canada has been asking for management volunteers (food inpsection) willing to come into to work, should a pandemic be declared. This has not made it into any media reports. As far as I’m aware, nobody is beating the door down. The folks they are asking are aware that they are at higher risk.
Klatu, I wouldn’t be standing in line for that job either. Selfish but true.
EC gives Bulgaria and Romania money to fight animal disease
- “The European Commission (EC) has approved a E11.5m (£7.7m) package to fight animal disease in Bulgaria and Romania in 2007…”
…”Both countries will join the EU on 1 January 2007. The money will be used to monitor, eradicate and control rabies, classical swine fever, salmonella in breeding hens, avian flu surveillance, TSE monitoring and scrapie eradication…”
…”Markos Kyprianou, commissioner for health and consumer protection, said: Safeguarding animal health is an essential factor in ensuring food safety, and in avoiding the often devastating consequences that animal epidemics can have. The decision to allocate considerable resources to fight against animal diseases shows the Commissions unwavering commitment to this goal…”
http://tinyurl.com/yg3bqf
MaMa – at 13:20 wrote”
“Klatu, I wouldn’t be standing in line for that job either. Selfish but true.”
Sometimes there is a fine line between a hero and a fool.
“Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have set the stage for the rapid identification of compounds to fight against severe acquired respiratory syndrome (SARS), the atypical pneumonia responsible for about 800 deaths worldwide since first recognized in late 2002.
Researchers from Brookhaven’s biology department and the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) characterized a component of the virus that will be the target of new anti-SARS virus drugs. The results were published online by Biochemistry on November 14, 2006.
“Although vaccines against viruses are very effective, vaccines for viruses that mutate rapidly - such as the viruses that cause SARS, AIDS, and bird flu - are much more difficult to obtain,” said Brookhaven biologist Walter Mangel, the lead author of the paper. “Even if a vaccine is available, antiviral agents are important in stopping the spread of highly infectious viruses. If antiviral agents for SARS had been available, they could have been used to contain the outbreak to the initial site of the infection.” - excerpt
Keep in mind that half of all suspected SARS cases in Canada, could not be confirmed as SARS, by Dr. Frank Plummer manager of the Canada’s level 4 lab. Below is an excerpt regarding one part of the country.
September 26, 2003
CBC News - excerpts
The World Health Organization (WHO) is worried because Canada’s leading lab found positive results in SARS tests that other labs can’t reproduce. Health Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg tested samples from residents of a Surrey, B.C. nursing home in August and found the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus in 10 of them.
A leading Toronto microbiologist, who was at the centre of the fight against SARS in the city, agrees.
“In light of what we know now, that this clinically did not appear to be SARS and that other labs can’t verify these findings, what went wrong?” said Dr. Donald Low, chief microbiologist at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital. We have to figure that out.
Dr Niman is hinting (on CE) that important analytical news will be released in the next few days about “an event that has already happened” which will shine ‘blinding’ light on present thinking!! http://tinyurl.com/yye44g
Thanks gharris. I thought it was worth posting more details. The shape of things to come.
“Originally Posted by Dylan
“In early 2007, a team of pandemic flu experts and communicators will tell meetings of senior news executives that human-to-human transmission of H5N1 has been identified in a village overseas. Later in the day, they will be told the disease has spread across a region overseas. And finally, they will be told that human cases have been reported in the United States.
The announcements will be fake, part of an exercise to test how the media – and the experts – will respond should the day come when similar announcements have to be made for real. The two sides will work through the challenges of getting and reporting timely accurate information.”
(What? You find people screaming — and running around in circles — somehow possesses some entertainment value?)
Well, since you just told the entire world about your “secret exercise,” it’s not really much of a secret anymore, is it, Homer?
The good news? CE is still way ahead of these people.
The bad news? CE is still way ahead of these people.
Response - (posted by Niman Nov13/060)
New info will be out soon, proving that you are spot on.
Yahoo!
Nov 14/06
1997 Hong Kong H5N1 Strains
This strain does not survive complete drying at room temperature. Not surprisingly, the temperature at which it is stored affects its survival when in moist feces.
At 40C (39F) it survives for over 40 days without detectable loss in viability.
At 25C (77F) it is inactivated after 8 days.
At 35C (95F) it is inactivated after 2 days.
2004 Vietnam H5N1 Strains
Interestingly, H5N1 strains from 2004 Vietnam outbreaks are environmentally more stable than those from the 1997 Hong Kong outbreak; the former survived at 37C for 6 days, compared with 2 days for the latter at 35C.”
On Tuesday, November 14 2006 16:43 WIB
(Software translation from Indonesian)
Padang — MIOL: the regional Public Hospital (RSUD) M. Djamil, Padang, ZSumtra West, at this time treated two patients suspect bird flu.
Both of them were Superior Eka the son, 11, the citizen nagari (the village) the Island of the Pergola, the Island Subdistrict of the Pergola, the Dharmasraya Regency, and Muhammad Ripandi, 3, the citizen of the Visible Ditch, the Subdistrict Kamang Just, the Sawahlunto Sijunjung Regency.
Both of them entered RS M. Djamil on Sunday (12/11) at dawn.They were at once put into the room of the internal disease isolation.
RSUD M Djamil Director, Syuchyar Iskandar, on Tuesday (14/11) said the condition for the two patients at this time began to improve if compared with the last two days.
“Their hot temperature began to be able to have decreased and eaten,” said he.
However still could not be ascertained whether both of them positive bird flu was because of the sample of the patient’s blood being checked. According to the Priest Famudin, parents Ripandi, before being brought to his children’s hospital suffered hot high after the discovery of dozens of chickens died near his residence. The same thing was experienced Superior Eka the son, after the chicken belonging to his neighbour died suddenly.
Since last January, the side RS M. Djamil Padang treated nine patients suspect bird flu, two among them positive. However up to now not fatalities.”
Study Shows Costs of a Worldwide Pandemic: Staggering
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 14 November 2006 (link http://tinyurl.com/yd8sly)
A specialized information network known as MIDAS, short for Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study, shows an avian flu outbreak could wreak serious havoc on people and economies around the world.
Since 2003, H5N1, better known as the avian flu virus, has spread to nine countries, mostly in Asia and Africa. Health experts fear the bird-borne virus could mutate and spread among humans. If that happens, new computer models suggest the outcome would not only be deadly, it could also cripple the global economy.
Joshua Epstein is a member of the computer simulation project. “We have computer scientists and epidemiologists and demographers and economists and very diverse teams of people contributing to aspects of the modeling,” he said. “And government agencies, for example: the transportation data needs to be obtained from the FAA and other agencies. So it involves big-time computing, big-time expertise and a lot of quite creative collaboration, not a small project.”
The project’s objective is to develop strategies that would limit the worst outcome of a global epidemic. Warwick McKibbin, an international economics professor, says an uncontrolled outbreak of pandemic influenza in Southeast Asia would send shock waves around the world.
“When people get sick or die the labor supply changes. People don’t go to work or they die. That changes the capacity of the economy to produce. It disrupts production, that’s one serious shock. Another shock is that industry has to take some sort of action and that usually raises costs, depending on your industry it could raise costs a lot — in the tourism industry for example,” said McKibbin.
And there’s a wide range of scenarios. McKibbin says the mildest foresees a nearly one percent drop in the world’s gross domestic product. “For the most severe, the ultra scenario, it was very dramatic. We had over $4.4 trillion wiped off the world economy. 140 million people killed. So the individual consequences were severe — the death rates. But the economic consequences were also severe.”
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Unfortunately, McKibbin says, most countries are not doing enough. “I don’t think we are. We certainly are not spending enough in developing countries in public health systems for example. Because by the time this pandemic influenza breaks out from Asia, you can’t stop it at the border. So what really matters is preventing it in the first place.”
And Mckibbin says their findings show something else: that preventing a pandemic would cost far less than having to deal with its aftermath.
Revere has a discussion about aerosols and flu here that UV may kill the flu. Could reopening discussions about UV be in order?
Revere has a discussion about aerosols and flu here that UV may kill the flu. Could reopening discussions about UV be in order?
[[http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061114/LIFE07/611140306/1086/LIFE|Cold or flu? If it’s real influenza, experts say, you’ll know it]]
BY ANITA MANNING / GANNETT NEWS SERVICE
Is it flu or just a cold? How do you tell?
Doctors say if it’s flu - real influenza, not just what everyone calls “the flu” - you’ll know it.
“Severity is really what makes the difference,” says lung specialist Neil Schachter of Mount Sinai School of Medicine. “With a cold, people think about whether they’re well enough to go to work or school. With flu, there’s usually no question. You’re down and out and in bed.” SNIP
From RSOE (in Hungarian), Epidemic Alert 60 infected at Kutvolgyi Hospital in Budapest (anyone know Hungarian or a willing translator?) (link http://www.tinyurl.com/yzhwcw)
Translation en route from a Hungarian friend.
She has read the information at the above link and has verbally relayed by phone that the description states that a section of this hospital in Budapest has been closed down for at least 3 days. She says there is mention of “the flu”, but no mention of “avian flu” specifically. The patients/clients have symptoms that include high fever and diarrhea (and one other symptom that I can’t remember). She says the report does not mention any deaths.
She is emailing me her translation and I will post it when I get it.
nsthesia, thank you (and your friend, of course) so much!
Posted on Indonesian thread also:
KARAWANG, (GM). - Tim Balitbang Department of Health took the example of blood totalling 20 citizens who had the story of contact with casualties suspect bird flu, Amirul Apriyanto (2,5) that died on Monday (13/11) at dawn. Apart from against casualties’s family, blood sampling was also carried out against several officials of the health in the clinic and the hospital. Blood sampling was against the poultry that was maintained by the citizen around casualties’s house also carried out by the team from the Director General of Livestock Breeding, on Tuesday (14/11). In the meantime, the Kab Livestock Breeding Service. Karawang, apart from doing the vaccination against the poultry, also did disinfektan, on Monday (13/11). The chairman Tim Balitbang Department of Health RI, Dr. Sony said, his side was still carrying out observation about the source of the virus avian influenza (AI). Sony considered, the situation of the environment of casualties’s house very far from the standard of the health. “Seen from the house environment remained at the family, for the standard of the health, really not more supportive,” said Sony. The chicken died suddenly In The Meantime, information that was received from Ato (45), one of casualties’s neighbours mentioned, in the place of garbage disposal that was behind casualties’s house there are those that threw two chickens that died suddenly away. This chicken could be that burnt, but indirectly was buried. In the meantime, the two parents of casualties who lived under the standard of this welfare, admitted to submitting with his youngest child’s trip. “Now we submit, but we asked for the RSUD Karawang side in order to not treat the same thing to the poor person who used Askeskin if entering the hospital,” hoped Oboy Wiarso. According to Oboy Wiarso, compared with his relatives, Amirul was classified as the child cleverest. He often playing in the place of garbage disposal that was exact behind his parents’s house.
Torange – at 18:06 wrote
“Revere has a discussion about aerosols and flu here that UV may kill the flu. Could reopening discussions about UV be in order?”
Mea Culpa, I’m off topic - but this will save lives. If you go to the CDC website, poke around, you’ll find a posting about using off-the-counter ionizers to boost the viral filtering ability of any N95 mask. I would turn on my ionizer if I were nursing a sick family member, to reduce my risk of falling ill while wearing one of my hundreds of masks.” My 2-cents.
(Software translation from Indonesian)
November 15, 2006 at 08:20 AM
“The Morawa Cape (SIB) Without being known by his certain cause, hundreds of tails of the poultry belonging to the Cadet Sinulingga Blocked villagers Bedimbar the Cape Subdistrict Morawa Deli Serdang,.
On Monday (31/11) suddenly was found died. Hundreds of poultries that died suddenly that was expected as a result of being affected by the virus Avian influenza (AI) that close was acknowledged as bird flu. Information was assembled by SIB mentioned, the poultry that was maintained by the Cadet behind his house was the numbering nonpedigreed chicken kind approximately 180 tails.
On that day, the Cadet heard the object voice falling behind his house.
In a suspicious manner, the Cadet afterwards examined him behind the house and saw the chicken that was maintained by him fell one by one and died. Saw that, he called his servant to gather hundreds of his chickens that died and carried out the extermination by burning him. Moreover, his property chicken coop available the page behind also in destroyed by burning him. That was done by Sinulingga to anticipate matters that were not wanted without waiting for the side of the Livestock Breeding Service to destroy him. With the better principle prevented and protected the family finally the extermination was carried out.
In the meantime, the Official of Morawa Livestock Breeding of the Cape Subdistrict of the Service, Nazaruddin Harahap when being confirmed the reporter said from the characteristics of the death that was experienced by this poultry was almost was the same as the characteristics of bird flu.
Seen outside the liquid like mucus from the available cavity in this poultry.
Beforehand has been found by several similar cases in several locations in the Morawa Cape Subdistrict, although the amount not many.
Several citizens of the Morawa Cape that in came across the Reporter hoped that the related service as soon as possible handled the incident and carried out the precaution, so that increasingly did not spread.
For the precaution, the citizen hoped that the related service also carried out the injecting against the animal and spraying against the available poultry pen in the Morawa Cape Subdistrict and surrounding area.”
Science magazine article published Nov. 10: The next pandemic: What to do until the vaccine arrives:
<snip>”There are many basic things we don’t know about how influenza is transmitted,” said Dr. Garwin of IBM. “For example, it appears that a relatively low number of people catch the flu from another person. Breaking the transmission chain with non-pharmacological measures has proved challenging, but the prize is enormous.”
Often also neglected, according to the authors, are protective measures that fall between individual protection and the whole population — “the excluded middle”-- such as buildings, facilities and smaller areas such as work places and homes. Examples might include improved air-handling systems, room-size fans, portable air-filtration systems, or physical barriers such as room dividers and doors.<snip>
comment Is this another kind of Targeted Layered Containment?
I’ve included this older posting because the ‘Morawa Cape Subdistrict’ mentioned above was in the news recently.
INDONESIA - North Sumatra Deli Serdang,
Aug/06
“Metrotvnews.com, Deli Serdang: the regional Public Hospital (RSUD) Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, at this time still was treating a flattest patient bird flu.
The patient was named Darwin the son Sitepu, 16 years, this till Monday (9/10) still was weak.
Already villagers’s two Wonosari days, the Market Seven, this Morawa Cape Subdistrict was still being treated intensively in VIP Space the Orchid Ii RSUD Deli Serdang.” - excerpt
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9819&page=2
Here is the update from the Hungarian situation:
I do not see any mention of flu in this write up. No respiratory component. Symptoms sound gastro-intestinal.
Translation:
“The Visitor and Patient Registration Area at Kutvolgyi Hospital in Budapest has been closed. Six floors/wings/departments have been closed completely because of increased patient complaints of diarrhea, high fever, vomiting, chills and (abdominal distress/cramping/? - not completely sure about this word). The Medical Officer, Bujdoso, said we are seeing more of these symptoms at this hospital. The onset of symptoms is 6–48 hours. They will remove the quarantine if the patients are symptom-free for 3 days.”
I was told by my Hungarian friend that closure of hospitals has happened before for infection. She says that these closures also involve “lockdown” of the staff. She said she would monitor the local TV for more info.
gharris at 13:37. Niman is having some fun with everyone at CE with his hints. My guess as to his meaning is that the planned secret tests of media response to a “fake” pandemic were already run and the results will soon be made public. If this is true, then obviously the media buried the news of the “outbreak”, as none of us heard a thing. That could be quite interesting to investigate (who was behind blocking this story from the public and why…and what does that portend for us if an actual outbreak does occur?)
US Dept of Health and Human Services News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006 Contact: HHS Press Office (202) 690–6343
U.S. and Mexico Pledge Increased Cooperation in Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Along Border
The United States and México today announced the signing of an agreement to boost cooperation on pandemic influenza preparedness among the six Mexican states and four U.S. states that share the international boundary.
Meeting in Hermosillo, Sonora, México, HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness Craig Vanderwagen and the Mexican Director-General of Epidemiology of the Mexican Federal Secretariat of Health Pablo Kuri signed a joint declaration to strengthen the commitment of the two nations to coordinate preparedness efforts, domestic and international disease surveillance activities, and response planning in the event of an outbreak of pandemic influenza.
“An influenza pandemic knows no political or geographic boundaries and responding to a potential outbreak will demand the cooperation of all nations, especially those that share common borders like México and the United States,” Assistant Secretary Vanderwagen said. “This agreement reflects the strong relationship between our nation and México and is a critical step in protecting our citizens.”
……For more information, please visit .”
Oops, sorry, copied that last site address straight out of the news release w/o noticing it didn’t begin with http…. here it is: Border Health