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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 83087" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Good point Tie and I can agree as well. I think (not 100% so don't quote me) that there have been about a 100 cases of humans having the disease but so far there appears to be to human to human transmission and I think that is the big fear if the disease will mutate to that point. Also the asian bird flocks are flying north to the summer nesting grounds in the artic where they will mingle with birds coming up the western Europe and North American flyways. What happens from there is the great unknown and concern.</p><p> </p><p>In fairness to the gov't and health professionals, it's a damn if you do, damn if you don't kinda propositition. Like Katrina, there was some evidence to suggest this and that would happen if the right storm came to town but like all things there was another point of view. Gov't on all sides acted one way and it didn't work out. Now we have the Monday morning quarterbacking from all sides that we see. Flip the coin. Had gov't reacted the other way and thrown everything and the kitchen sink at it all and Katrina proves to be nothing, we'd still have the Monday morning quarterbacking from all quarters. "Gov't overreacted, etc." </p><p> </p><p>In the case of global health professionals "it" could be they choose to error on the side of caution. I remember when AIDS first hit the scene and it was going to rival even the Black Death of Middle Age Europe in global scale, and in some parts like Africa it has had an impact. However, today AIDS is not cured but so much is known now to the point that so many longterm survivors and their good health are making some quietly rethink the relationship HIV has with AIDS. Folks like Magic Johnson are causing some to rethink and look again and discuss the "what if's" and what might have they missed in the first go round. Last couple of years we've heard much made of getting flu shots going into flu seasons only to learn later that the current vacine was made from last year's strain and the current year's strain is of a different type. Maybe you get lucky and maybe not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 83087, member: 2189"] Good point Tie and I can agree as well. I think (not 100% so don't quote me) that there have been about a 100 cases of humans having the disease but so far there appears to be to human to human transmission and I think that is the big fear if the disease will mutate to that point. Also the asian bird flocks are flying north to the summer nesting grounds in the artic where they will mingle with birds coming up the western Europe and North American flyways. What happens from there is the great unknown and concern. In fairness to the gov't and health professionals, it's a damn if you do, damn if you don't kinda propositition. Like Katrina, there was some evidence to suggest this and that would happen if the right storm came to town but like all things there was another point of view. Gov't on all sides acted one way and it didn't work out. Now we have the Monday morning quarterbacking from all sides that we see. Flip the coin. Had gov't reacted the other way and thrown everything and the kitchen sink at it all and Katrina proves to be nothing, we'd still have the Monday morning quarterbacking from all quarters. "Gov't overreacted, etc." In the case of global health professionals "it" could be they choose to error on the side of caution. I remember when AIDS first hit the scene and it was going to rival even the Black Death of Middle Age Europe in global scale, and in some parts like Africa it has had an impact. However, today AIDS is not cured but so much is known now to the point that so many longterm survivors and their good health are making some quietly rethink the relationship HIV has with AIDS. Folks like Magic Johnson are causing some to rethink and look again and discuss the "what if's" and what might have they missed in the first go round. Last couple of years we've heard much made of getting flu shots going into flu seasons only to learn later that the current vacine was made from last year's strain and the current year's strain is of a different type. Maybe you get lucky and maybe not. [/QUOTE]
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