Possible Cluster?

I would not be surprised if tommorrow we see a report that these people were negative for the BF and for the story to just disappear.

There is a large an vocal seqment of the Indian Poultry industry who still deny that BF was responsible for the massive death of poultry.  They still contend it was another virus.

Do not look for much to come out of India in the way of news.  They are going to admit just enough to gain credability when they very quickly announce the end of any BF in India.

Indian Official: Who are you going to believe me or your lying eyes!!

I would suspect that the problem is our outsourcing of humanbean counters. 

If the situation were quick, simple, popular, and cheap the numbers would be high.

If the situation is slow, complicated, controversial, and expensive the numbers will be low.

Works every time.  Unless your looking for foreign aid - then the reverse holds true. 

India News -- 

Epidemic fear looms large over Navapur
- By Ashish Agashe

http://www.asianage.com/main.asp?la...&RF=DefaultMain

Navapur, (District Nandurbar, Maharashtra), Feb. 21: After the outbreak of bird flu and culling of over nine lakh birds since then, the fear of epidemic looms large over the people of the area. According to locals, many crows, dogs, some cranes have died after getting the same infections as the hen in the 52 poultries across the Navapur region, home to the second largest poultry industry in Maharashtra before the culling of birds actually bought the poultry industry to a standstill.

But what the locals fear the most is humans being affected due to the stench of carcasses of birds that are being buried. As this reporter found out while going through various villages across the region, the fears of the locals are not without reason.

I came across the case of 45-year old Thakur Dodhiya in the village of Ucchal, three km from here which falls in the Gujarat state. Mr Dodhiya works in a sawmill situated right next to a piece of land which National poultry converted into a dumping ground for its dead chicken. Mr Dodhiya was admitted to the Phulwadi government hospital with symptoms of bird flu.

"Though I could not afford it, we were in no position to stay back as vomiting of some greenish fluid, fever, cold, cough was getting unbearable for me," adds Mr Dodhiya.

as his son sitting next to him is visibly angry at him for divulging the economic condition of the family to a journalist.

What hurts Mr Dodhiya the most is that he was just working at the sawmill for five days when he was inflicted with this fever and other problems like cold, cough etc, all symptoms of bird flu.

Mr Dodhiya was discharged from the hospital after being given a dose of Tamiflu tablets and a couple of bottles of saline. When asked about the isolation ward in hospitals that is supposed to house patients like him, Mr Dodhiya said, "Hum garib hain aur hame aise kuch bhi nahi pata (We are poor and do not know anything like this)." The result: Mr Dodhiya is staying in his hut in the village along with his family who stand to get infected with the fatal disease. 

it would be amazing if this doesn't go h2h in the next few weeks.