 "I personally believe it will happen and make personal preparations.... Society just can't accept the idea that 50 percent of the population could die. And I think we have to face that possibility.... I'm sorry if I'm making people a little frightened, but I feel it's my role." -- Robert G. Webster, world-renowned virologist at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Source: Renowned Bird Flu Expert Warns: Be Prepared, ABC News, March 14, 2006 Here is the most recent phone interview with Dr. Henry L. Niman of Recombinomics.com: April 19, 2012 Rense.com interview with Henry Niman, Ph.D. News: 2011 Human H5N1 Sequence Indentities In Egypt (Recombinomics, February 25, 2012) "[T]he two most recent isolates on the tree, A/Egypt/11126/2011 and A/Egypt/11470/2011, have sequences which are identical, even though the sample numbers indicate they were collected weeks apart near the end of 2011, supporting human to human transmission. [T]he full set of 2011/2012 sequences should be immediately released by the CDC or NAMRU-3, who clearly have much more data than is indicated on the tree in the WHO update." Indonesia Reports Fourth Bird Flu Death of the Year (Jakarta Globe, February 25, 2012) H5N1 Bioterrorism Media Myth (Recombinomics, February 24, 2012) "The NSABB request did little to thwart bioterrorism. H5N1 is not a bioweapon of choice because it can’t be controlled. The NSABB request has elevated this poor choice to a level of importance that will increase the likelihood that a terrorist of rogue state will attempt to create a transmitting H5N1. The NASBB request also exposed the glaring lack of expertise on their board, including gross mismanagement leading to absurd requests that made little sense from a scientific or operational point of view. The request has led to delays in release of critical information necessary for effective surveillance and analysis of a naturally evolving H5N1, as well as a long list of media myths which will significantly impact the much needed understanding of the H5N1 threat, which is now greater than ever. The NSABB would better serve the public by forming a new board that emphasized the need for a serious vaccination campaign, which would significantly decrease the H5N1 threat, regardless of source." Bird Flu Pandemic: How the Virus Mutates (ABC News Video, February 18, 2012) "[T]he ferret on the right was given the mutated virus. The air flowed into the next cage, killing all 40 of the exposed animals." Suspect H5N1 Cluster In East Java Indonesia (Recombinomics, February 17, 2012) Deadly bird flu studies to stay secret for now - WHO (Reuters, February 17, 2012) Focus On H5N1 Transmission Changes (Recombinomics, February 10, 2012) "Thus, the withholding of the detail impacts scientists who are not actively doing transmission studies and diverts attention away from the fact that transmission is remarkably easy and natural sequences can recombine to create a combination that will efficiently transmit. Thus, the real emphasis should be on fine tuning the redacted and delayed results, as well as vaccination efforts that will limit the spread of natural (or weaponized/manipulated) H5N1." Bird flu data should be kept under wraps, science panel says (CNN, January 30, 2012) Bird Flu Experiments (NY Times, January 28, 2012) INDONESIA: Bird flu deaths raise red flags (IRIN News, January 26, 2012) China Reports a Second Bird Flu Death in Less Than a Month (IRIN News, January 22, 2012) Vietnam, Cambodia report bird flu deaths as H5N1 virus continues to spread (Washington Post, January 18, 2012) WHO confirms H5N1 deaths in Egypt and China (CIDRAP, January 5, 2012) Links: Dr. Niman's FluTracker Forum Posts / LEF Avian Flu Update / Get Pandemic Ready / Swine Flu "An influenza pandemic of even moderate impact will result in the biggest single human disaster ever - far greater than AIDS, 9/11, all wars in the 20th century and the recent tsunami combined. It has the potential to redirect world history as the Black Death redirected European history in the 14th century." -- Michael T. Osterholm, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota Source: Bird Flu Could Kill Millions, The Gazette (Montreal), Front Page, March 9, 2005 Advertisements: Emergency Supplies: Nitro Pak Generators and Solar Panels: Northern Tool Supplements: Life Extension Foundation (a nonprofit organization - membership benefits)
"A Russian virus expert warned that a human pandemic of the bird flu virus was highly likely and called on the government to stock up on medicine and prepare hospital beds. 'No quarantine measure can prevent the pandemic. It can only slow it for a few days,' Dmitry Lvov, director of the Virology Institute at the Russian Academy of Sciences said at a news conference in Moscow.... The Russian expert warned there was a 90 percent likelihood that the current form of the H5N1 bird flu virus could mutate into a form easily transmissible between humans." -- Today Online, March 8, 2006 (also see Russian News & Information Agency) BirdFlu.com All Rights Reserved | |||||