H7N9 Bird Flu Pandemic Coming to U.S. for Thanksgiving?

Are Government agencies aware of a coming Bird Flu pandemic set to decimate America just after Thanksgiving?

 

RIVERDALE, MD (INTELLIHUB) — On Oct. 25th, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in conjunction with the Secretary of Agriculture, released a Notice Of Intent To Prepare An Environmental Impact Statement And Proposed Scope Of Study “to examine the potential environmental effects of animal carcass management options used throughout the United States” likely for a coming and much-anticipated H7N9 Bird Flu pandemic.

This comes as no surprise to those in-the-know as Intellihub.com reported Sunday, “The Center for Disease Control plans to take 8000 applicants for a new H7N9 bird flu pandemic Field Services Branch (CGCD) which will employ 1000 federalized medical officers throughout the United States raising concern amongst citizens. The notice entitled Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority was published on FederalRegister.gov on Friday. This also dovetails with the previous Department of Human Health and Services Oct. 1st, 2013, announcement stating that state and local personnel can be reassigned during a health emergency such as a pandemic._[1]

The excerpt from FederalRegister.gov dated Oct 25th reads, “The Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.) authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to order the destruction or removal of animals to prevent the introduction and spread of livestock pests or diseases. Large numbers of animals and carcasses may need to be disposed of or otherwise managed during or after an animal health emergency. Examples of an animal health emergency include, but are not limited to, an outbreak of a foreign animal disease, a natural disaster, or the introduction of a chemical or radiological agent. As carcasses begin to degrade, bodily fluids, chemical and biological leachate components, and hazardous gases such as methane are released into the environment, potentially impacting the health and safety of surrounding humans, livestock, and wildlife. Therefore, the management of large numbers of carcasses during an animal health emergency must be timely, safe, biosecure, aesthetically acceptable, and environmentally responsible.

Current Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) regulations regarding carcass management, including those found in 9 CFR 53.4, are based on World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) recommendations and sound science. APHIS regulations specify that animals infected by or exposed to foot-and mouth disease, pleuropneumonia, rinderpest, and certain other communicable diseases of livestock or poultry are required to be disposed of by burial or burning, unless otherwise specified by the APHIS Administrator. Traditionally, burial has involved placement of carcasses in unlined pits or trenches, and burning has involved open pyres (i.e., combustible heaps). APHIS may work in conjunction with States to manage animal carcasses during or after an animal health emergency. However, State regulations concerning carcass management vary, and Federal and State regulations are not always based on the most current scientific information with regard to impacts of such activities on the environment and public health.”_[2] 

It’s also important to take note that the comments section on the website closes on Nov. 25th, 2013, raising concern amongst some like YouTuber PoterBlog, who said himself, “You’re not going to hear a public push about this coming H7N9 Bird Flu Pandemic, until the last Thanksgiving turkey is sold.”

Remain Vigilant.

http://intellihub.com/2013/10/29/h7n9-bird-flu-pandemic-coming-u-s-thanksgiving/

Is this really it?? Yikes.

Spike fears spark H7N9 caution
There will be an increase in H7N9 bird flu cases in the mainland this winter, the World Health Organization chief predicts.

The warning from director-general Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun came at the opening ceremony of the UN agency's high-level meeting in Macau, themed "Implementation of WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy: 2014-2023."

Chan praised mainland authorities for a high degree of transparency in tackling H7N9, noting they "announced the successful research on the H7N9 virus by the University of Hong Kong and Zhejiang University. They also shared the test results with other nations through WHO" - a first step to developing a vaccine.

"This is a positive phenomenon," she said. But asked when a vaccine could be ready, the former Hong Kong health director did not respond.

(Snip)

As of Friday, 45 out of 136 mainland patients confirmed to have contracted the virus had died.

On two cases reported this month, both in Zhejiang, Chan said health authorities must keep a close watch.

"Our observations show influenza generally becomes active during autumn and winter," she said. "We have already urged mainland authorities to be on the alert for any new influenza that may trigger a worldwide outbreak." "But I am not saying H7N9 will follow this trend," she added, which was why the situation must be watched.

    "We've used WHO's system of worldwide monitoring to predict which virus would possibly cause an outbreak," Chan went on. "This year we have to watch out for H7N9.

Continued: http://www.thestandard.com.hk/...

I'll give Chan credit for finally breaking her silence on H7N9 after several months, but I'll also add a couple more things with regard to China's transparency, or lack thereof.  
 
A lot of us here watched the initial outbreak last spring very closely.  Chinese new sources at one point, during the first month of the outbreak, were reporting 4 - 5 new cases daily.  After the first month, China suffered a rather large economic impact on their poultry industry, and they then announced that they would no longer report h7n9 cases, and overnight, they stopped reporting "all cases".   A lot of us here watched that take place, and China then went on to arrest internet posters for reporting cases.  The WHO remained silent during this time.  A study by The Lancet later indicated there were an estimated 1,500 - 27,000 h7n9 cases that went unreported.   So praising China for their transparency, well, they're not going to get any praises from AFT.  We watched how this unfolded last spring, and if the WHO and Chinese officials think we forgot, they should think again.

Given what we've seen so for with this outbreak and China's transparency, there are significantly more cases at the moment not being reported.  Luckily China feels the need to create a vaccine with a whole 135 cases. 



     

"This is a positive phenomenon," she said.

noun

noun: phenomenon; plural noun: phenomena
1.
a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, esp. one whose cause or explanation is in question


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