China braces for new bird flu epidemic

[Timetrvlr]

China braces for new bird flu epidemic after 6 deaths, closes Shanghai market

Headline from The Times of India Health authorities around the world are working to develop a flu vaccine for humans. CNN On China

 

[Walter]

Wolf! Wolf!

 

[Christianna]

Wolf! Wolf!

Well the US is working on a vaccine, so apparently they don't think anyone is crying wolf.

 

[Nuggler]

Let's hope they find a chink in the armour

 

[Tonington]

Good on China to have posted the genomic data so early; CDC is working on a vaccine right now using that data. They seem to be learning their lessons when it comes to sharing crucial medical data.

 

[darkbeaver]

What lessons?

 

[Timetrvlr]

Wolf! Wolf!

Don't be silly, no one is crying wolf, it is simply a news item that concerns many people. I think China is to be commended for acting on this very serious health threat to their people and letting the world know about a potential health problem. There has been no human-to-human transmission yet but that slight mutation in the virus could become a serious world wide problem. It's good to get started right now developing a vaccine because it takes months to develop a vaccine and ramp up production.

 

[Goober]

Good on China to have posted the genomic data so early; CDC is working on a vaccine right now using that data. They seem to be learning their lessons when it comes to sharing crucial medical data.

After SARS they had to. But a web service, similar to Twitter as Twitter is illegal in China had posts that not all cases are / were made public. Those posts were removed by censors.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/china-censorship-of-weibo-over-bird-flu/