China reports second bird flu death

[maseman]

Source: AP/MSNBC

BEIJING - A 27-year-old woman in northern China has died from bird flu in the country's second death from the disease this year, the Health Ministry said.

The woman, surnamed Zhang, lived in Jinan city of Shandong province and died Saturday after falling sick on Jan. 5, the ministry said on its Web site late Sunday. The notice did not say how Zhang contracted the virus.

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Health officials worry that the H5N1 bird flu virus could mutate into a form that could spread easily among people. China, which raises more poultry than any other country, has vowed to aggressively fight the virus.

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Oh great here we go again.

[Mojorabbit]

1. More cases in Indonesia

the past week too and an outbreak in poultry for the first time in Nepal.

[dysfunctional press]

2. this could happen so QUICK.

would a worldwide pandemic push the world economy even farther over the edge?

or would it just get rid of the dead weaight?

[AllHereTruth]

3. bird flu has killed 248 people worldwide since 2003

In 6 years
Over 2,000 days

ONLY 248 people have died.

Apx .11 people die each day from the bird flu.

It COULD become an epidemic. So could aids. So could syphilis. So could restless leg syndrome. So could the common cold. - If any virus, or disease, mutates or changes it COULD become a world wide killer. Fuck man.

Its like every summer when mosquitoes come around and you hear about 'West Nile Virus' and 'How it could KILL YOU'

Get over it. Grow up. Live life. Its too short to worry about a fuckin bird flu that kills .11 people each fucking day.

BREAKING NEWS: ONE PERSON DIED FROM A VIRUS THAT SOMETIMES KILLS...WATCH OUT YOU COULD BE NEXT...
*Next week on Dateline, how the cat Muffins got out of the tree*

[AZ Criminal JD]

4. Two people out of 1.2 billion? This is news?