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cHeroKee
12-10-2009, 05:19 PM
H5N1 H1N1 Cluster in Dien Bien Vietnam

Recombinomics Commentary 03:52
December 10, 2009

More and anxiety on the basis of when Dr. Nguyen Tran Hien, Director of Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology PRIVATE announce the result of epidemiological investigations deaths due to bird flu recently in Dien Bien. Male patients age 23 in the city of Dien Bien death from respiratory failure due to severe viral pneumonia was confirmed by test results: The patient died from H5N1.

When investigating the epidemiology of close contact with patients, medical experts are concerned when they discovered the children of influenza A/H1N1 infected patients. Meanwhile, the Forum chickens living in the cousin has test results positive for H5N1 virus.

The above translation suggests a family in Dien Bien, Vietnam has tested positive for H5N1 and H1N1. Poultry belonging to the family has also tested positive for H5N1.

Vietnam represents a hot zone where H1N1 and H5N1 are co-circulating. H1N1 is very promiscuous and has been isolated from a variety of mammalian species as well as turkeys. Thus, Vietnam would offer an environment for co-infections in a wide range of host including human.

mgriffith
12-11-2009, 03:08 PM
It has been widely mentioned that the biggest fear of the world heath community is for H1N1 and H5N1 to combine in a human to form a much more deadly and infectious mutant virus. All it takes is one person with H1N1 to inhale a H5N1 virus, and to generate this mutation in their body, pass it on to someone else, and so on. In short order, we will have a pandemic that we can't control, and will kill hundreds of millions. The Church has released several documents concerning this, has a web page about it, and this is the reason behind the Church's new direction to have at least a three month food supply in the home (self-quarantine).

My wife and I have talked about this a lot. We have what we need for food storage, and we are both able to stay at home for long periods without worrying about work or anything that would require us going out. The question then, is when do we start our self-quarantine? Do we start when we hear news that the new more deadly virus has appeared in the US? Or wait for Church leadership to advise? I tend toward when it first appears on the shore, unless the Church advises to do it sooner.

KF7EEC
12-12-2009, 10:16 PM
...and this is the reason behind the Church's new direction to have at least a three month food supply in the home (self-quarantine)...

source?

mgriffith
12-23-2009, 07:47 PM
source?

Hmmm....there is a link on the Church site for pandemic preparedness, but the information on that page has been removed.

http://providentliving.org/content/display/0,11666,8041-1-4414-1,00.html

There was information there about self quarantine.

Mark