Slow news

It seems like the board is really starting to slow down now.   Should a pandemic ever hit, or should  h5n1 reach the U.S., I'm sure that everybody will return here.  We're very lucky to have possibly avoided an h5n1 pandemic, if that's the case.   A regular panflu should be easy enough to get through.   Ahhh... but how I do miss the "End of Days" of '05   

    Albert, I to think that everyone is on vacation.
However I don't think the pandemic has gone away. I think news is slow coming cause countrys are holding back news. But if you look at all the meeting US is having and officals in other countrys are having. Leads me to believe that they are preparing for the pandemic.
I feel its coming soon. But that is and uneducated guess. I recieved a pamplet in our mail the other day.
Saying from out local city hall. To prepare for hurricanes, pandemic, or terrorisom. My city don't spend anything unless they have to. It was a check list of things to get ready. And also it is true that lots of people are outside more in the summer. And maybe they feel they need to enjoy the good weather while its here cause they don't know what to expect in the future.
We all needed a little break from the heavy burden we are on carrying on our shoulders lately.


PrepGirl   

We have been busy with my adult daughter visiting for 2 weeks from WA, she has not given me much time to relax, LOL, we have been running non-stop. That and the yard work that we are so far behind in because of the month of rain every day straight that we had, it finally stopped raining so we can finally get grass cut and trees trimmed, some outdoor painting to do, etc. I have been checking in several times a day but not posting anything, but I'm still here. I personally don't think we have avoided anything, with all the governments stepping up with their plans, there has to be something going on.

Legacy wrote: Albert, regardless, whatever comes along to knock us down next time, I'm now ready...and that alone is worth it's weight in gold. Thanks to this forum and the people in it, come rain, draught, famine or flu...I will not be in line for my can of spam!

Web Ferret wrote:  there are 350,000 people in the UK with no drinking water supply.  Half a million people may be about to lose their electricity supply (and their phones 12 hours later...)

I think it's too early to say that BF has gone away. I heard it mentioned by political candidates so things are still being discussed in Washington. I hope it never happens, but please don't let your guard down.              GOD bless. Jo

As they say"dont count your chickens till the eggs hatch"Well there is a hell of alot  less eggs around latley.My gaurd will not be let down!!!!! I have been following this sence October  of 2005. The cover story of National  Geographic "The Next KILLER FLU can we stop it"That alone was  all it took for me to think about prepping.The spread of the this Virus in the  time since then is more then enough to make me believe it is almost inevetable.One way or they other we will feel the effects of this.Pandamic or just effecting are food supply.

My opinion is if bf doesn't become a pandemic within 6 or 8 months,it won't happen. I am not letting my guard down either. Best to be prepped anyway for anything. It has been QUIET here on the site. I think that it is because people are on vacations..?

HI Albert! Yes, thankfully it hasn,t happened, yet.

Doesn't matter slow news or not.   Still check this sit daily usually a couple of times.

SouthTexas, you are so right, anything can happen. I work on a military base and on 9-11 our base went to maximum security, every vehicle coming in the base had to be searched, waited in line for 2-4 hours just to go to work, others had doctors appointments etc., gas went up to $5.00 a gallon here, all cell phones were blocked, all internet service was blocked temporarily for the day until the military found out what was going on. Anything can happen.

     
July 23, 2007 10:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time
U.S. Unprepared For Pandemic, Former Surgeons General Warn
ROSWELL, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Despite waning U.S. public concern, the likelihood of a worldwide avian flu pandemic has not lessened, warned former Surgeons General Dr. C. Everett Koop and Dr. David Satcher.

Speaking during the Firestorm Solutions (www.firestorm.com) meetings last week, Drs. Koop and Satcher classified the threat as “very real.’’

“The pattern makes you believe the likelihood of a pandemic – (probably) avian flu – is very real,’’ Satcher said. “You have to believe it’s around the corner somewhere.’’

A recent Ipsos-Public Affairs poll indicated only 27 percent of U.S. adults are concerned about bird flu in this country, down eight points in a year. Just 17 percent of respondents said they were worried about themselves or someone in their household getting avian flu.

Since 2003, 313 cases of bird flu in humans have been confirmed, and 191 fatalities have been reported in 12 Asian and African countries, according to the World Heath Organization. Each infection increases the chance the virus could mutate into a form easily transmittable from human to human, a precursor to a pandemic.

Present for the launch of Firestorm’s Health Crisis Mitigation Division, Drs. Koop and Satcher expressed concern this country is in disaster denial.

“People don’t want to face the reality of things like pandemic, hurricanes, etc.’’ said Koop, a member of Firestorm’s Expert Council. “The anxiety is tough to face, and as a result, people choose not to accept the burden.’’

Added Satcher: “We’re not adequately prepared for the next pandemic. There are many things we need to do, both at home (personally) and medically.’’

If the H5N1 virus takes hold in the population, Koop warned of the potential need to quarantine people in urban and suburban areas until a vaccine could be developed – expected to take as long as six months.

“We’re fighting today’s pandemic with the same tools we had 100 years ago,’’ Koop said.

The new Health Crisis Mitigation Division will allow Firestorm to provide clients with end-to-end planning, service and support on critical health issues, supplemented by access to its Expert Council.

Contact Firestorm Solutions at 1-800-321-2219 or hrhulen@firestorm.com. Media inquiries should be made to mpennetti@firestorm.com.

Firestorm is a strategic consulting firm which focuses on vulnerability analysis, threat assessment, crisis management and mitigation, employing a ‘Predict. Plan. Perform’ model.

It's fixed BG.   Feel free to email me if you ever have any problems. 

[QUOTE=BabyGirl] Albert if you read this can you help me. I was completely blocked from posting. I thought you had my IP blocked and was upset. Would like to log back in as baby girl if possible.
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hi albert,,i just got back from vacation and am not registered anymore either =(
could i have my "mom24kids" name back again? thanks!

Glad your still here! Looks like BF is HEATING UP again.

Yes, sadly to say that bf is picking up again. I also think that a lot more of the news is being restricted..

BF is definitely picking up and at the same time a lot of birds are dying and a lot of people who either die of "pneumonia" or would be likely to test positive are not being tested. People are being given Tamiflu which masks the infection and then tested.

It is HIGHLY unlikely for there to be very large bird outbreaks without at least a few human positives. This is simply not logical. In almost every instance, even in U.K. where birds got it, and currently in China, Indonesia, and Thailand where it is endogenous is large areas of the bird population (200,000,000+) there must be some people getting infected. If only from the birds. There is an extreme lack of news mainstream confirming what is happening. Must remember, I personally do not want to see it spread or a Pandemic. On the other hand, 54,000 birds tested positive 30 miles from me a few weeks ago in the heart of the U.S. Birds tested positive 50 miles north of me two months ago.

Not very reassuring.

posted by Medclincian

Hi Med, to clarify, 54,000 birds did not test positive, but they were culled as a precaution.  Although I believe that's what you meant to say.  They also supposedly had possible contact with LPAI and not the lethal strain.

 

Now, it would be easy for me to say it's getting worse, especially since we have a bf forum that I would like to see stay around. However, we don't want to mislead people for our own reasons. People accused us of fear mongering in the past when in actuality we were simply conveying things as they were happening.  If we think things may have slowed down, well, then we will point that out as well.  On the same note, there are some people around here who have written books regarding Panflu that may have a slight interest in keeping things going.  Regardless of book deals and increasing website traffic, this site has to be careful not to mislead people.  

 

Also, if the outbreaks do in fact slow down at any time, our chances of having a pandemic are still relatively the same.  In fact, with flu season just 90 days away now, anything could happen.  We could have a Panflu, or h5n1 could reach the U.S. via birds.  Either way, there could be significant problems ahead so we need to watch things closely. This disease is far too lethal to ever ignore. 

 

Having said all of that, I personally think that we may be the closer to having a panflu this winter than ever before.  The timeline of how and when pandemics occur is weighing fairly heavy on this winter. 

I do think we need to keep a watch on things like this happening. We already know that they are going to try and keep as much information as possible from the public in order to not create a panic and in order for people not to stop buying poultry products which in turn will hurt the economy. I am kind of surprised we have been given as much info as we have. If you have noticed though, it has been buried very quickly, almost like let's not discuss this anymore and maybe people won't know about it or will forget about it.  If you hear anymore  Medclinician, please let us know what you find out.

Hi everyone I been reading alot of your post. Haven't had much to say lately. But I have notice on the radio everyday advertisements to prepare for what ever might hit us. Being weather, fire, tornados, flu, or terrorist.
So we are being reminded daily to be prepared. That is a good thing. Never hurts to be prepared for anything.

PrepGirl

    Where do you start. World seems crazy lately. I too think something is up. Not sure what.


PrepGirl

Don't worry, Albert,"END OF DAYS 2008" is acomin'