Wednesday, November 16, 2005
That's a lot of bird shots
Also from today's WSJ...
China Reports Bird-Flu Cases in HumansChina said three people had contracted avian flu, its first human cases. Five Asian countries have recorded human cases of the flu, all apparently due to close contact with poultry. The virus has not yet developed the ability to jump between people, after roughly eight years of striking terror in the hearts of global health officials, who fear it could become a deadly pandemic killing millions of people. After a series of recent outbreaks, China yesterday said it planned to give every one of its estimated 14 billion yardbirds a flu vaccine.
China Reports Bird-Flu Cases in HumansChina said three people had contracted avian flu, its first human cases. Five Asian countries have recorded human cases of the flu, all apparently due to close contact with poultry. The virus has not yet developed the ability to jump between people, after roughly eight years of striking terror in the hearts of global health officials, who fear it could become a deadly pandemic killing millions of people. After a series of recent outbreaks, China yesterday said it planned to give every one of its estimated 14 billion yardbirds a flu vaccine.
