An interesting post on the genetic distance between the current avian H5N1 and a potential human mutation (via "The Avian Flu" blog) -- short answer, it ain't much. Read the comments too.
Newsweek now has a cover story on the bird flu.
The WSJ has put it's helpful "Bird Flu Tracker" in the free section of its website. (I do think the "Preventing a pandemic" headline is a little optimistic. Is this preventable?)
India has started testing migratory birds, "to rule out bird flu" as Mr. K.K. Gupta, a state wildlife official rather optimistically put it.
And China might close its borders if a genuine h2h case is identified. Even one. Drastic. But effective?
(For those tuning in, or thinking I'm a scaremonger, follow the flu links in the sidebar. :))
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