Chicken flu! :o Could kill 150 million?

[NekkLe]

That is a fuss I guess but I don't think it will reach figures to that extent. If so, the Government (EU) are poor to react to this. What if theres a major epidemic that could really do some harm, we're fuzzled!

[Code]

Lol, it's not called chicken flu. 'Avian influenza', more commonly dubbed bird flu, is a highly fatal disease that as of yet, only affects birds.

What scientists fear is that this will combine with human influenza and create a mutated strand that can be transmitted from human to human. Though it would be less lethal after mutation, it's still feared to cause a pandemic and could kill 150 million worldwide, and I think 50 000 (or 500 000 - I'm not too sure) Brits.

It's got nothing to do with eating chicken. It's an airborne disease which you'd catch just like regular flu.

Bloody hell have you eaten a newspaper/textbook/scientist (delete as applicable)?

[Bear-Max]

Lol. I like to keep myself well informed

[Code]

Your sig rawks, also. Did you make it? What font is that?

-Will

[Bear-Max]

Thanks

Yeah I did make it myself (which reminds me... I need to make a new sig >.<). The main font is 'The Battle Continuez', and the secondary font is 'James Fajardo', which happens to be my favourite font ever

[ilovejordan]

Its the birdd flu not chicken. & birds spread it not food. We'll be ok tony blair has apparently ordered jabs but not nearly HALF enough for the expected amount of people hit. I just hope we'll be ok.

[Code]

I bet they'll give all the jabs to illegal immigrants and terrorists and other scum like that.

-Will

[xJoeYx]

Dont worry, we should all be ok, old people and babies are always the most at risk.
I read on a news site that bird flu has only killed an "estimate" (lol) of 6 people, as if they can't count..
Not really supposed to kill you, just make you bedridden.
Like mentor says, media hype.
And SAR's didnt kill millions, was it even thousands?

[Bear-Max]

Yeah, but it's only killed 6 people because it cannot yet travel from human to human.

It's had about a 60% fatality rate for those who have been infected.

[Code]

Not meaning to sound unkind, but I don't think that oldies should be given priority.

-Will