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POPSVirus mutation spreads as swine flu deaths leap
The case was the first drug-resistant strain found in France among the 1,200 strains experts have analysed here, the InVS said, adding that "the effectiveness of vaccines currently available is not being questioned." The two patients were not related and had been hospitalised in two different cities in France, it said. The WHO said Friday the death toll had reached at least 7,826 worldwide since the A(H1N1) flu virus was first uncovered in April. The number of deaths reported to the UN health agency showed the biggest rise in the Americas, where 5,360 deaths have now been recorded compared to 4,806 a week ago. But Europe also posted a substantial increase percentage-wise with at least 650 fatalities now reported, representing a surge of 300 deaths or 85 percent from data posted a week ago. The WHO said Thursday it was investigating reports of mutations in the virus, after half a dozen countries recorded such cases. "The question is whether these mutations again sugges
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POPSA DEADLY plague could sweep across Europe In a TV interview, the President added: “Unlike similar epidemics in other countries, three causes of serious viral infections came together simultaneously in Ukraine – two seasonal flus and the Californian flu “Virologists conclude that this combination of infections may produce an even more aggressive new virus as a result of mutation.” Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been touring hospitals where victims are being treated and presidential elections in January could be cancelled . Four men and one woman have died from the flu in Lviv, said emergency hospital chief doctor Myron Borysevych. Two of the dead patients were in the 22-35 age group, with two others over 60. He diagnosed the disease as viral pneumonia. Russia, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Romania, countries that border Ukraine, have already launched health checks on Ukrainians entering their territory. Slovakia has closed two of five border crossings. A doctor in Western Ukraine who did not want to be n
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POPSAmerican Beef Got to be Imported No Matter Which Political Party (Nationalists or DPP) is in Power.
http://blog.udn.com/NorthAmerica/3445269 從這些找的到的資料看來，台灣必須在WTO的架構下和美國談判牛肉進口事宜。 如果台灣要拒絕特定牛內臟，必須能拿的出科學證據以及研究報告，不然可能被WTO認為設下貿易壁壘。 今天美國不來扣關，明天加拿大(另一個危險控制中的國家)也可能來向WTO訴諸仲裁。 到時候不是被裁定必須開放牛肉進口，就是台灣必須退出WTO。 對於依靠輸出的台灣來說，離開WTO恐怕就是末日的到來。 政府基於對WTO的承諾，不能不開放美國牛肉及內臟進口，但是只要民眾不吃牛內臟或甚至美國牛肉，就沒有商人會進口這些國人有疑慮的產品。 網路上有人建議政府每個月公布商人或個人進口美國牛內臟的數量和日期資料，我相信這樣一來沒有人有興趣做這筆生意。 附件 : 1. AIT的Barbara J. Schrage 和台北經濟文化代表處代表袁健生共同簽訂的英文文件。 全文名稱是”Protocol of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)-Related Measures for the Importation of Beef and Beef Products for Human Consumption from the Territory of the Authorities Represented by the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT)”。 http://food.doh.gov.tw/foodnew/Files/News/TECROAIT.PDF 2. 世界動物健康組織(World Organisation for Animal Health, OIE)的網站。 http://www.oie.int/ 3. 日本經濟產業研究所(Research Institute of Economy, Trade & Industry, RIETI)學者山下一仁對日本有關狂牛症檢疫措施的報告”Food Safety and Trade: BSE and Sanitary/Phytosanitary Measures”。http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/papers/contributi
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POPS"Risk from swine flu vaccine 'greater than catching virus"
Showing World Health Organisation (WHO) graphs about the rise and fall of the H1NI virus around the world, he told his audience that staying informed was the most important thing anyone could do regarding potentially risky infectious diseases. He suggested there may be a lot of under-reporting of the H1N1 virus now in cases where the symptoms are relatively mild. “It seems that a lot more people have had the virus undetected than the WHO thinks and if this is the case, we won’t see a second wave of the H1N1 virus because so many people will have developed the antibodies against it.” He also questioned the potential effectiveness of a vaccine based on the current strain of the H1N1 virus if a more virulent form of the virus develops. “The real risk is if the virus is transferred back to pigs and from them back to humans again. The current strain has probably been circulating in pigs for 10-17 years, according to a paper in Nature Biotechnology,” said Dr Verkerk.
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POPSVaccination History The more recent history of vaccinations isn't any better. Most people just do what they're told, without question. They trust the authorities. After all, they're the experts!
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POPSJohn Lichfield: French are starting to worry about healthcare Full Article: Quite apart from the outdated or mendacious statistics hurled around, the comparison with the British approach was deliberately misleading. Mr Obama has never suggested the cumbersome NHS model – state-run, funded from taxation and free at the point of access – should be imported to America.
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POPSObama's "Single-Payer", The Musical Trevor Loudon http://newzeal.blogspot.com/ Obama File 20 Young Communist League Backs Barack Obama-Again Obama File 21 Top Communist Criss-Crosses the US for Obama Obama File 22 Barack Obama, Danny K Davis and the Marxist New Party Obama File 23 Alice Palmer-Obama's Soviet Sympathising Patroness Obama File 24 Obama's Major Socialist Supporter Obama File 25 CCDS Marxist-Leninists Come Out for Obama Obama File 26 William McNary, Yet Another Obama Radical? Obama File 27 Reds, Radicals, Terrorists and Traitors-Progressives For Obama Obama File 28 Top US Communist-Elect Obama "Go On to Change the World" Obama File 29 Senior US Socialist Jose LaLuz, Manipulates Latino Vote for Obama Obama File 30 Former Terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn Involved in Key Pro-Obama Organisation Obama File 31 Grey Power! Ageing Texan Radicals for Obama Obama File 32 Toxic Trio! Ayers, Davidson, Klonsky Linked to Pro-Obama Organisation
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POPSObama Health Bill Allows Government Real-time Access to Bank Accounts Full article at source: "After September 11, 2001, the government began tapping into a vast global database of confidential financial transactions. The government implemented a surveillance program and used a broad interpretation of the Treasury Department’s administrative powers to bypass traditional banking privacy protections. It is run by the CIA and managed by the Treasury Department."
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POPSPandemic Flu Online Helping you separate fact from fiction. with articles, comments and downloadable pdf files for you to reproduce and give to relatives and friends.
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POPSSwine flu not gone Watch the trailers during the news, it still keeps appearing, but it is watered down to a mere trailer.
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POPS"Global solidarity" needed for future swine flu vaccinations World Health Organisation PANDEMIC ALERT PHASES Phase 1: No infections in humans are being caused by viruses circulating in animals. Phase 2: Animal flu virus causes infection in humans, and is a potential pandemic threat. Phase 3: Flu causes sporadic cases in people, but no significant human-to-human transmission. Phase 4: Human-to-human transmission and community-level outbreaks. Phase 5: Human-to-human transmission in at least two countries. Strong signal pandemic imminent. Phase 6: Virus spreads to another country in a different region. Global pandemic under way. Post-peak: Pandemic activity appears to be decreasing though second wave possible. Post-pandemic: activity returns to normal, seasonal flu levels.
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