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Globalization Helps Pandemic Evolve

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:06:21 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The story is nothing short of amazing. How a woman diagnosed with drug resistant tuburculosis flew from India back to the USA illustrates that when globalization, lack of adequate prevention policies, and "It's-all-about-me" individualism mix how easy it will be to spread the next pandemics.

Clip Source: www.newslocale.org

Amazingly, though the woman took the American Airlines Flight 293 from New Delhi to Chicago's O'Hare airport on December 13, she did not report for further treatment until December 19 when she approached the Stanford emergency center for medical help.

Tags: globalism, egoism, pandemic

So, where did she get her TB?

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:58:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: As people are becoming more aware that globalization facilitates pandemics, health officials should remember tactics developed years ago to combat venereal diseases -- tracing the people route of infection backwards to find more of the network and offer treatment.

Clip Source: www.herald-mail.com

MARTINSBURG, W.VA. — City Hospital officials on Thursday notified almost 900 former patients that they might have been exposed to tuberculosis.

Officials sent notification letters in Thursday's mail, said Teresa McCabe, vice president of marketing and development for West Virginia University Hospitals-East.

Tags: globalization tb, tuburculousis, pandemic

Are we there yet? Human2Human Bird Flu

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:55:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A few cases of human-to-human transmission of bird flu does not make for a pandemic but it brings us closer than we were.

Clip Source: afp.google.com

WHO confirms inter-human bird flu transmission in Pakistan

15 hours ago

GENEVA (AFP) — Experts with the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday confirmed the first case of inter-human transmission of bird flu in Pakistan, but ruled out any risk of a widespread outbreak.

Tags: panedmic, bird flu, globalization

Bird Flu in Russia - Chicken Kiev Nightmare!

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:08:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: 600,000 chickens killed at one farm near Rostov on Don because of bird flu - that's a lot of chickens but industrial poultry farming is a global phenomena and is a part of what makes controlling or preventing the next killer pandemic flu more likely rather than less likely.

Clip Source: newsfromrussia.com

Avian flu outbreak at Russian farm; 600,000 chickens killed

BREAKING NEWS

Russia launches GLONASS satellites into orbit

Christmas returned to Russia as official holiday in 1991

Santa Claus passes by most Russian cities

Hollywood celebrities all go anorexic turning absolutely flat

More...

Tags: globalism, pendemic, megadeath, bird flu, avain flu

Bird Flu Capital? Indonesia!

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:47:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It is crystal clear that Indonesia does not have a handle on the spread of bird flu among its people. See table and you will see that Viet Nam seems to have improved its abilities to cope. Let's hope they stay with it in the coming year.

Clip Source: www.who.int

Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO

Tags: next pandemic, bird flu, indonesia, megadeath

7, 8 - lay them straight- 1957 Flu Redux

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:42:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Perhaps not a 50 million killer flu that's closer now - now that it's in pigs, the traditional next step to humans and human to human flu - but one similar to the one that killed a few million worldwide in 1957-1959 period.

Clip Source: www.brownfieldnetwork.com

A new pig influenza virus has been discovered that is made up of genes from both avian and swine flu viruses. USDA’s Agricultural Research Service veterinarians, along with other researchers at the National Animal Disease Center in Iowa, say the new strain – H2N3 – belongs to the H2 flu viruses that last infected humans during the pandemic of 1957.

Tags: pandemic, flu, flu vectors, hong kong

TB is Preventable - Duh!

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:39:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: People, it seems, love to forget past disasters or simply believe that old scourges don't happen here. Between 1910 and 1950 fighting TB was taken seriously. Once it got under "control" in developed nations - we began forgetting. Who remembers that Christmas Seals were sold to raise money to fight TB? Not many. Who remembers simple methods to prevent its spread - not many it seems.

Clip Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Simple Strategy Could Prevent Half Of Deadly Tuberculosis Infections

ScienceDaily (Dec. 19, 2007) — By using a combination of inexpensive infection control measures, hospitals around the world could prevent half the new cases of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB), according to a new study in The Lancet by researchers at Yale School of Medicine.

Tags: tb, scourge, pandemic, old is new again

Bird Flu - Is Pakistan new Indonesia?

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:33:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Opps! You mean we can have problem too? Seems few or no countries are prepared to really deal with root problems of spread of avian flu - greed!

Clip Source: news.xinhuanet.com

BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday the cases of H5N1 avian influenza among people in Pakistan have risen to eight.

Tags: pandemic, bird flu, globalization, greed

TB Older, Much Older than we thought

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:31:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: TB has been scourge robbing humankind of precious breath for 500,000 years. Maybe simplest translation of "Blessed are the poor in spirit" is a lot more direct than many theologians think too. TB was all too common in "Biblical" times. So, perhaps Jesus was simply saying - Blessed are those with TB. So that people would not think them as being punished and as worthy of Jesus' love and theirs.

At any rate TB has been around for eons and is now making a come back due to lack of money for prevention and drugs. And it is taking new forms that are harder to fight.

Christmas Seals, a tradition in USA and sold by Red Cross began as a fund raising effort to defeat TB in US.

Clip Source: www.utexas.edu

Most Ancient Case of Tuberculosis Found
In 500,000-Year-Old Human; Evidence Suggests
Vitamin D Deficiency Endangers Migrating Populations

December 7, 2007

Tags: tb, scorge, pandemic, globalization, beatitudes

Little Saudi Arabia: Big Poultry Producer

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:48:21 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Saudi Arabia gets rich on oil but has joined global poultry market rush to make super profits on birds. The unintended consequence of all this profit chasing? Bird flu is and will remain global problem and most probable source of next global pandemic!

Clip Source: www.arabianbusiness.com

According to the ministry, there are 505 poultry farms in the kingdom with 101 table-egg farms producing over 3.2 billion eggs annually.

Tags: globalism, bird flu, pandemic, duh!

Poultry Profits, Pakistan, Bird Flu Deaths

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:30:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Poultry is an inexpensive source of protein for locals but the driver is export cash from global sales of eggs, meat, and fodder to good old American hot dogs and the next pandemic.

Clip Source: www.who.int

Avian influenza – situation in Pakistan

15 December 2007

The Ministry of Health in Pakistan has informed WHO of 8 suspected human cases of H5N1 avian influenza infection in the Peshawar area of the country. These cases were detected following a series of culling operations in response to outbreaks of H5N1 in poultry. One of the cases has now recovered and a further two suspected cases have since died.

Tags: pandemic, bird flu, globalism

92 Buckle Your Shoe - Bird Flu Death 92

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:44:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Virus passes from one to another from feces, saliva, sweat, and urine.
"He said the victim, who had sold ornamental plants, bought plant fertilizer from the neighbor which may have been contaminated by the faeces of infected birds. No birds however had died in the area in the past six months and the poultry appeared healthy, he added."

Clip Source: www.iol.co.za

Jakarta - A 28-year-old woman from the outskirts of the Indonesian capital has been confirmed as dying of bird flu, raising the toll in the nation worst affected by H5N1 to 92, the health ministry said on Tuesday.

Smith College - Site of Latest TB Scare

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:33:40 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Keeps on a coming -
" My Bonnie has Tuberculosis
My Bonnie has only one lung,
My Bonnie spits blood in a bucket,
And dries it and chews it for gum.

Dentine, Dentine,
Dentine gum, yum yum, yum yum.
Dentine, Dentine,
Dentine gum, yum yum. "

Clip Source: www.cbs3springfield.com

Students at Smith found out after Thanksgiving that there was a case of Tuberculosis on campus. The infectious lung disease can be deadly if untreated. And in the close confines of classrooms and dorms, the disease can spread quickly.

Flavored Water sold local and on Internet Recalled

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:50:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: If you bought it, don't drink it. If you got it as a gift for someone else, dump it. If you see it in flea market or e-Bay six-months from now - it cold be same thing. Vomiting and Diarrhea!

Clip Source: www.fda.gov

California Department of Public Health Warns Consumers Not to Drink Metromint Flavored Water

Tags: globalization, scam, recalls, health

Why would lazy people go to Dick's Sporting Goods?

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:15:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: When Dick's went national, I was excited. Over the past five years, I have seen the amount of 2x, 3x, 4x clothes increase. Maybe it is just deserts that folks who want to "look" sporty, buy lazy lounger chair that collapse. Grin

Clip Source: www.cpsc.gov

Lazy Lounger Chairs and Recliners Sold at Dick's Sporting Goods Recalled for Collapsing Hazard

In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Dick’s Sporting Goods, of Pittsburgh, Pa., is voluntarily recalling about 125,000 Lounge Chairs and Recliners. The plastic support brackets can break and cause the chairs to collapse, posing a hazard to consumers.

Tags: duh, product recall, ironic