CDC Says Bird Flu Not Serious Threat to Humans

post from Health Supreme on 18 April 2006 12:19:00 PM. © Health Supreme

In what appears to be a reversal of previous policy, the head of the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Julie Gerberding, says that "there is no evidence that it will be the next pandemic, commenting about avian flu. This article in the Tacoma News Tribune says that the remarks were made during a pandemic flu conference that drew 1,200 people from across the state, mostly health department officials and others involved in emergency planning. ... Gerberding noted that, though the disease has killed “gazillions of birds,” it has killed about 100 people out of about 200 sickened worldwide. The victims were in intense, daily contact with sick flocks, often...

Read The Full Article:
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2006/04/18/cdc_says_bird_flu_not_serious_thr
eat_to_humans.htm