Hello Tweeters:
"The Coming Plague" is a great book. Its subhead reads, "Newly Emerging
Diseases in a World out of Balance." Its author Laurie Garrett is a
Pulitzer Prize winner. I found that I was turning the pages as if I were
reading a novel. It is 600 pages long, and I found the chapter about
immunology a hard slog. But worth it! The book is still up-to-date,
despite being published in 1994. The science information in it is
understandable to most. And if you like thrillers, this book qualifies.
I think I heard the Flu Pandemic of 1918 was a version of H5N1, and that is
what made it so dangerous, as it was new to the population. Bird flu should
not be taken lightly!
Yours, Carol Schulz
DesMoines
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don McVay" <dmcvay at cmc.net>
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 1:08 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] H5N1 in migratory birds


Hi Tweeters,

This morning, on NPR To The Point, Warren Olney interviewed a number of
people regarding the spread of H5N1 in wild birds. Laurie Garret,
author of The Coming Plague made a prediction that the virus will
arrive this spring in North America via Siberia on the Pacific flyway
through Alaska and Canada via the Atlantic Flyway and through Greenland
and Canada from Europe via the Atlantic flyway.

She also lamented the fact that scientists worldwide have not taken
advantage of the networks of amateur birders to document the spread of
the virus, especially in Africa and Europe.

Her book which, was written ten years ago, made many predictions
regarding new and emerging diseases. Most of these have come true, so
it will be interesting to see if she is right about when H5N1 does
arrive in North America.

Don McVay
Seattle
dmcvay at cmc.net

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