Bird Flu Protection And The Measures Taken To Safeguard Ourselves

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Understanding The Avian Bird Flu Virus And A Look Into Its History
By: Clive Jenkins | 31/08/2006 | Health
The disease is contagious and spreads through air and in manure. The transmission occurs from air, contaminated water, equipments especially those used in animal farms, clothing, etc. At high temperatures the virus gets destroyed, like in prolonged summers, cooking, steaming, fires, etc. but survives for long periods in cold weather.

The Problems We May Still Face Even Though A Bird Flu Vaccine Is Introduced
By: Clive Jenkins | 31/08/2006 | Health
Currently the total production capacity of the world is about 300 million influenza vaccines per year. And the world population is about 6.5 billion! So it is quite apparent that in the case of a pandemic not everyone can be vaccinated unless we either stockpile vaccine or produce it at war footing.

The Importance Of A Bird Flu Mask
By: Clive Jenkins | 31/08/2006 | Health
Even though any mask is not a guarantee against influenza infection, they dramatically cut down the chances of infection from airborne viruses. It remains to be said however, that the capabilities of the masks degrade over time from usage.

Bird Flu Preparation and Protection
By: Clive Jenkins | 31/08/2006 | Health
The preventive measures as of now consist mostly of advisories and guidelines to be followed by people and governments across the risk prone countries. Amazingly rapid advances in the field of pharmaceuticals and genetics are being made to come up with a foolproof strategy for development and deployment of vaccines against bird flu.

The Result Of A Bird Flu Pandemic
By: Dane Stanton | 28/08/2006 | Non-Fiction
It is important to understand the result of a bird flu pandemic so that if the time comes, people will be enlightened to the knowledge of its overall effects. Also a country will be able to recover faster and the affect on the economy will not be as severe.

How to Protect Your Family From Bird Flu -- What Your Government Isn't Telling You
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Governments around the world are ignoring cheap but highly effective ways to boost people's immune systems and fight bird flu.

Why the Risk of a Bird Flu Pandemic Increases as the Virus Spreads
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The more gazillions of bird flu viruses there are in this world, the higher the chance one will start a pandemic. It's elementary probability . . .

Learn All The Secrets They Don't Tell You About Bird Flu
By: Dane Stanton | 28/10/2006 | Non-Fiction
Isn't it interesting to think that one day you could be going about your normal everyday life and then suddenly an outbreak of bird flu could be on you? What would you do in this situation? How would you react?

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Urban agriculture and public health
By: schlissel | 06-01-2007
I heard about urban agriculture and I think it's great, but how safe is it? For example, growing chickens in the city could make the bird flu epidemic much more dangerous, couldn't it?

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Its a Social Service to Empower Those We Care For
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