Comments on: Winter Flu: the H5N1 mystery http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/10/16/winter-flu-the-h5n1-mystery/ The World Affairs Blog Network Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:17:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: bboyd http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/10/16/winter-flu-the-h5n1-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-2010 bboyd Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:26:34 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/10/16/winter-flu-the-h5n1-mystery/#comment-2010 Dear Scott, You are absolutely right. The chance for a mutation that becomes a pandemic flu comes every time a human catches the flu from a bird. But once that happens, it becomes a human-to-human epidemic that has far-reaching implications. I'm sorry I didn't make that clear enough. Thanks for writing in and clarifying the point. Sincerely, Bonnie Dear Scott,
You are absolutely right. The chance for a mutation that becomes a pandemic flu comes every time a human catches the flu from a bird. But once that happens, it becomes a human-to-human epidemic that has far-reaching implications. I’m sorry I didn't make that clear enough.

Thanks for writing in and clarifying the point.
Sincerely,
Bonnie

]]> By: Scott Johnson http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/10/16/winter-flu-the-h5n1-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-2009 Scott Johnson Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:18:48 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/10/16/winter-flu-the-h5n1-mystery/#comment-2009 Hi So you think the real danger is wild birds migrating? Humans are currently catching it for the most part from wild birds and that gives the virus more chances to mutates into a h2h form. That has already started. The virus now has an increased ability to survive in the upper airway of humans. We'll be catching it from another humans not from wild birds. Hi
So you think the real danger is wild birds migrating?

Humans are currently catching it for the most part from wild birds and that gives the virus more chances to mutates into a h2h form. That has already started. The virus now has an increased ability to survive in the upper airway of humans.

We’ll be catching it from another humans not from wild birds.

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