Don't let your children do thisCourtesy KnOizKi
A recent study may explain why the bird flu has not become a pandemic. The human nose is too cold. Avian flu viruses prefer 104 degree F. The temperature in our noses is usually less than 90 degrees F. Critics of the study point out that it was only done in petri dishes so may not be an accurate reflection of what happens in humans.
Since the bird flu virus re-emerged in 2003, there have been only 423 reported cases. If the viruses manage to get into the lower lung, however, they replicate so quickly that 6 out of 10 victims (258) died.
The normal seasonal flu kills only 1 out of 1000 victims (250,000 to 500,000 people per year world wide).
Please comment what you think about this logic.
"When more people get the flu, the chances of a deadly mutation increases. Say the chance of a deadly mutation is one in a million. If 10,000 people get sick, the odds are 10,000/1,000,000 or 1/100. If a million people get sick the chance of a deadly mutation is almost a sure thing."
The percentage of contacts who catch the regular variety of flu from an infected person is between 5 and 15 percent, but current estimates for H1N1 being spread range from 22 to 33 per cent (according to WHO). Reuters via Yahoo News
As of May 15, 2009, 34 countries have officially reported 7520 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection. World Health Organization
The virus isolated from the second swine flu patient in the Netherlands has an intriguing mutation in a gene called PB2 that could mean that the virus has become better at spreading from person to person, a team of Dutch researchers reported on Friday on ProMED, a monitoring system for disease outbreaks. But they're the first to acknowledge that it could also be a red herring. Science Insider
If you can behave in ways that prevent you from catching or spreading this new type of H1N1 flu, you will minimize the odds its changing into a more deadly form.
Raw, you can see the evolution here
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I didnt know that about the swine flu...r the swine flu and the bird flu related in any way?
yes they are related...
they have the same disease processs...
Your question, "Are the swine flu and the bird flu related in any way" is discussed here.
They are genetic variations of an influenza virus. The shape of their outside surface is what your body's immune system reacts to. The new H1N1 virus has a unique shape that humans have not dealt with before.
Hi there!
just to ask a couple of things that u may know about on this:
is the swine flu more, less or v similar in level of fatalitys caused? i realise as will reach more people it would but, in terms of if seasonal flu affected 10 000 people and swine flu did also - which of the two may have higher fatality rate?
secondly, as it is spreading far quicker than prev pandemics, would it also be logical to say that it shuld then dissappear at a quicker rate than prev ones, so for example, the 1968 one if was around in the air for like couple of yrs, would this one be arnd say a year? as is spreading quicker n thus peaking quicker?
and thirdly, how likely is it to get it frm other means other than the obvious ones of being coughed or sneezed on or nearby on u? for example, touching handles etc or even via windy weather? and does a gas mask or paper mask could they help a bit? i would have thoght they could but i duno.
thanks
Nigel.
i myself truly agree with this article
That is not nasty and My son Will not get near birds or pigs.I did not about the bird flu and the H1N1 Flu was kinda the same.
I think it would be terrible to get the bird flu.
That could totally cause swine flu (H1N1)
I know thats why a lot of mexicans are dead. So many people are dieing these day.
china got right idea.str idct control necessary
whats the difference? its either a pig or a bird
There are a couple of differences between swine and bird flu. Swine flu spreads very quickly, but doesn't have a very high fatality rate. Bird flu spreads very slowly, but has a higher fatality rate. So what would happen if these two met?
They cannot meet in a pig, as this animal cannot have bird flu. They cannot meet in a bird as this animal cannot get swine flu. But people can get both. If these two met in a person is it not possible to end up with a strain of flu with the rapid spread of swine flu, and the high fatality rate of bird flu? Something to think about.
Bird flu has been found in pigs. Read about it here - Bird flu jumps to pigs
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