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    Posted: January 27 2006 at 2:00pm
I was wondering if anyone has heard ANYTHING about when experts studying the bird flu believe it might start?? I've heard one person announce that they didn't believe there would be  a pandemic in 2006. has anyone else heard this?  I know it's impossible to predict accurately, but has anyone heard when scientists' opinions are on this????
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I've heard everything from not this year to within the next couple of months. I think that anyone who is claiming that they KNOW when it's going to start is full of crap. Nobody knows!

Better to be safe than sorry....
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my favorite find;

                               Avain Flu

" It is not if it happens"

It is When, and Where, and how bad

 

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muskrat,  where is that quote from? Is that regarding BF, or a pandemic in general? I've heard that quote numerous times, but it was regarding another pandemic in the world.

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It was said by one of big wigs..why do they have such hard names to spell....and I got that about a year ago..has been on my fridge ever since the first time I say it..I also have if ;

If you fail to plan,then plan to fail.

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I've heard the quote as well and it was made in regards to a future pandemic, not specifically H5N1.  The key is to be prepared for any type of disaster.
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I agree that no one know with any certainty when a pandemic will begin, and I believe that we should all try to be prepared in the event of any disaster.

I was just wondering if anyone has heard anything at all regarding when experts believe a pandemic will start. Has there been any scientists or researchers who have given their opinion to this? There are so many people studying this , and who have indepth knowledge and experience with virology,  but I have not been able to locate any sources that give any range of time for the start of a pandemic.

If anyone hears anything please post!
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i guess when i say "range of time", i mean their opinions to when they feel  a pandemic may begin

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Jackson,

You will not hear or read any expert worth his/her salt declaring WHEN the pandemic will start.  But what many are now saying, publicly, is that all but the last piece is in place for there to be a pandemic of H5N1. 

That last piece is SUSTAINED human-to-human transmission of the virus.  H5N1 may never acquire that ability...or it may have acquired it this afternoon. 

We will know when it happens and not until then.

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