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AvianFluTalk.com was created November, 2005, as the first ever dedicated website and forum to track the potential threat of having a severe pandemic. Variants of an avian flu virus can cause severe illness and death, which is why an avian flu pandemic poses such a significant public health risk. Should an avian flu virus mutate allowing it to pass efficiently between humans similar to the common flu resulting in a pandemic, this forum and its dedicated members will provide you with the latest news and information from around the world.
The pandemic alert phase is currently at level 4 due to the recent emergence of a new bird flu variant in China that is infecting humans known as H7N9. The infectious H7N9 has displayed efficient transmission from birds to humans causing severe illness along with confirmed cases of limited human-to-human transmission. The H7N9 bird flu virus is virulent in humans. A recent study in The Lancet revealed that there were an estimated 1,500 - 27,000 cases of H7N9 last spring and a damper was put on the spread of the new bird flu virus when warmer temperatures had arrived. Experts are warning that there could be a resurgence in cases once the winter months arrive. Chinese officials have reported only 136 cases and 45 deaths from H7N9 out of economic fears the outbreak has placed on their poultry industry. China was widely accused of a cover-up during the initial SARS outbreak in 2003. Despite the recent studies and China's checkered past with virus outbreaks, the WHO is yet to address these issues. Current WHO director Margaret Chan served as the Director of Health for Hong Kong during the 2003 SARS outbreak and was criticized for her handling of the situation and for believing in misleading information by the mainland.
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