15 December 2007

This thing goes human to human...

It'll make SARS look like a sprained ankle.
Authorities in Pakistan have announced that country's first reported cases of H5N1 avian flu in a cluster of family members which may have involved human-to-human transmission.

The WHO spokesperson said investigations are still underway to try to determine how the various people became infected, but some human-to-human spread is possible.

"We can't rule it out," WHO spokesperson Gregory Hartl said from Geneva.
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RELATED: Speaking of emergency measures

Blogging will be light for the rest of the day... gotta lay in some food, fuel and entertainment... just in case the weather fairies are right about this impending storm.

Too easy to get socked in when your driveway is 700 feet long.

Later.