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Avian Influenza, if it broke out, could have been as severe as the worldwide Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918. They predicted hundreds of millions of deaths worldwide. It did not happen. Yet, they do it each and every year and it effectively sells a lot of vaccines of dubious efficacy, to an easily frightened public. According to health consultant Jonathan Campbell, "The influenza, currently isolated in China, is a hemorrhagic illness.

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This is the first time that highly pathogenic avian influenza has ever been reported in the country. Nearly 70,000 birds have died or been destroyed. Japan, the EU and other major export markets immediately ban all Thai poultry products. The Ministry of Public Health in Thailand informs WHO of two laboratory confirmed cases of H5N1 infection in humans. The cases, from Suphanburi and Kanchanburi provinces, are young boys. Both are alive.

This is the first time that highly pathogenic avian influenza has ever been reported in the country. No symptoms are reported in farmers in close contact with the infected chickens. Dec. 26, 2003 – Authorities in the Republic of Korea report the spread of H5N1 infection to chicken and duck farms in five provinces. Altogether, more than 1.3 million chickens and ducks have died or been destroyed. Jan. 11, 2004 – Humans in Vietnam come down with H5N1 bird flu caught from poultry. There is a high death rate among infected people, but the disease does not spread from person to person. Jan.

The first outbreak of HPAI avian influenza -- bird flu -- in the U.S. It does not spread among humans. Late 1920s – Richard Shope shows that swine influenza can be transmitted through filtered mucous, implying that influenza is caused by a virus. 1933 – Sir Christopher Andrewes, Wilson Smith and Sir Patrick Laidlaw isolate the first human influenza virus. 1940 – Frank Macfarlane Burnet grows influenza on a laboratory growth system (embryonated chicken eggs). 1941 – George K.

Fowl plague is now called HPAI avian influenza. 1889-1890 – The "Russian flu" spreads through Europe and reaches North America in 1890. 1900 – Major epidemic. 1918-1919 – The "Spanish Flu" circles the globe (though some experts think it may have started in the U.S.). Caused by an H1N1 flu virus, it is the worst influenza pandemic (and subsequently, epidemic) to date. There are more than half a million U.S. deaths; worldwide death estimates range from 20 million to 100 million.

Pakistan reports an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza. Testing detects the H7 subtype. The report states that 1.7 million hens have either died or been destroyed. Jan. 30, 2003 – Chinese authorities confirm H5N1 infection in poultry at farms in an additional two provinces, Hunan and Hubei. Suspected outbreaks are reported in Anhui and Guangdong provinces and in Shanghai municipality. Feb. 1, 2003 – Vietnam confirms two further cases, both fatal, in sisters, aged 23 and 30 years. Of the country's 10 cases, eight have died, one has recovered, and one remains hospitalized. Feb.

Delaware. H7 is detected in the initial tests. Further tests are initiated to determine if the H7 subtype is highly pathogenic. Some 12,000 birds are destroyed. OIE reports that half a million birds have been culled at nine farms in China where H5N1 infection has been confirmed. Feb. 9, 2003 – Vietnam reports three additional cases, two of which were fatal. The total number of cases in the two affected countries, Vietnam and Thailand, is now 23 cases, of which 18 were fatal. In Vietnam, 57 of the country's 64 provinces have been affected by H5N1 in poultry.

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