Avian influenza (also known as
bird flu) is a type of influenza virulent in birds.

It was first identified in
Italy in the early 1900s and is
now known to exist worldwide. The causative agent is the avian influenza (AI)
virus. AI viruses all belong to the influenza virus A genus of the
Orthomyxoviridae family and are negative-stranded, segmented RNA viruses.
Avian influenza spreads in the air and in manure. Wild fowl often act as
resistant carriers, spreading it to more susceptible domestic stocks. It can
also be transmitted by contaminated feed, water, equipment and clothing;
however, there is no evidence that the virus can survive in well cooked meat.
The incubation period is 3 to 5 days. Symptoms in animals vary, but virulent
strains can cause death within a few days.

Human cases of bird flu are
incredibly alarming, and raised the concern of virologists and government
agencies in
China,
Hong Kong,
Vietnam,
Canada,
and other countries.

This imminent pandemic could only be controlled by
the vast slaughter of millions of fowl to contain the virus that spreads by
air, water, and soil. The bird flu is especially dangerous because our immune
systems don’t have any antibodies to handle something that used to be
relegated to animals. Thus, it will  take
hold with unprecedented force, settles in the lungs, and causes 
Pneumonia  
NOW  it’s the Pneumonia which will kill
you  
not the Bird Flu  and
resists anti-viral and anti-bacterial medication.

So the most intelligent thing you can  
do  NOW as part of the
   Human Race 
is build your own immunity to this Pandemic. Your immune system is the most
important weapon you have in fighting it , Do not neglect it

Most health experts researching and fighting the
incidence of human bird flu do not have an optimistic outlook. They point out
that the pathogen has not appeared to evolve such that human-to-human contact
is contagious, yet it remains that people working with fowl, swimming in
infected rivers, playing in an area where carcasses were buried, or breathing
air near a poultry processing plant, can lead to infection.

A strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus that may unleash
the next global flu pandemic is showing resistance to Tamiflu, the antiviral
drug that countries around the world are now stockpiling to fend off the
looming threat.
Washington is abuzz with efforts
to avoid an avian flu pandemic: President Bush is meeting vaccine industry
officials and the State Department is convening 65 countries to discuss
international prevention efforts. But lawmakers from both parties say
preparations are not happening fast enough.

Southeast Asia
is the perfect starting point for a bird flu pandemic.

Millions of people are in close proximity to each
other and to the birds that can carry the deadly virus.
Vietnam is the hardest-hit
nation, where wandering domestic chickens have spread the bird flu from farm
to farm. Villagers who catch the virus complain of fever one day and are dead
the next. The
United States and
China have sent money to
Vietnam to help vaccinate 260
million birds, but the disease is spreading faster than the vaccine.  If one
bird is sick, the entire flock is destroyed, but not the ones on neighbouring
farms, a situation some experts believe is helping to perpetuate the disease.