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DrF... appearing on Heroes tonight...
I'm watching Heroes right now and I'm thinking, yeah, DrF should have a cameo on this show. His super power would be analyzing bio test data and extrapolting our future destination with his crazy-super-hero-skills.
I very much appreciate you're crazy hero skills making me rich soon... especially so given that my auto job is about the evaporate. At least I can still afford my Bookers. Yeah, toasted one too yah. Okay, more than one.
hiccup10x
From All Allan...
Not sure if anyone else noticed this or not...
"Finally a word about NNVC. Big news today, much bigger then reflected in the modest appreciation in share price today. When this big bad bear market began in July, 2007, NNVC was trading at about $0.80. Today it closed at $0.77. That is a loss of 3.75%. During the same time period, the S&P, DJIA and Nasdaq all have dropped about 50%. While this stock, still my Number 1 stock pick for 2009, has yet to make us all rich, it has been a heck of a better investment then just about any stock on the three major exchanges. Not a bad performance while waiting for the volcano of recognition to erupt."
http://allallan.blogspot.com/
cleverAllan10x
Nano of Life Imitating Art...
Three words: I am Legend.
lovetheWillSmithmovies10x
Dr.F...
Synergy would be magnifique. I am hoping that additional global awareness via our co-conspirators PR's will bring more attention to our lineup from Big Pharma's. And I have a hunch that soon there will be much, much more interest from our Big Pharma friends.
thanks,yourock!10x
So is this new class going to become our 'competition'?
thankyoumyfriend10x
Dr. Feelgood of Decoder Ring fame...
Sorry for the stupid question... but were the findings released this weekend for our product(s)? As we were not specifically named, it wasn't clear to me if they were specifically talking about NNVC's Nanoviricide products or if they were just generalizing.
mydecoderringbatteriesdied10x
nano of Holy Yikes!
"...the avian virus was found to significantly outpace not only run-of-the-mill influenza but even the highly virulent 1918 ressortants, in terms of its relentless pathogenicity."...
Just imagine an influenza with worse pathogenicity than 1918.
yikes10x
ot Echo20 of Budwiser...
Bookers Bourbon. I have found a direct, scientific correlation between the amount of Bookers consumed and how concerned I am about our delayed (?) results.
http://www.smallbatch.com/
hiccup10x
Evidence for H2H H5N1 Transmission in China
A brilliant summary from Dr. Niman. Amazing the intentional or unintentional ignorance of these Asian countries. They are playing Russian Roulette with the world's health. Just like SARS, the next Black Death will rise from the Petri Dish of influenza death emanating from these regions. I pray that NNVC is ready for it. But if our manufacturing isn't in place before the next pandemic starts, the fact that we have the technology to save the world won't mean a hill of beans of difference. Hurry NNVC, hurry.
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Evidence for Human to Human H5N1 Transmission in China
Recombinomics Commentary 16:41
January 26, 2009
The 4 human cases of avian influenza reported during the 1st 3 weeks of January 2009, the 1st in China since February 2008, occurred in 4 different provinces and appear to be unconnected. In all cases, there is evidence of contact with diseased poultry. There is no evidence of human-to-human transmission of infection from affected individuals to their contacts or care givers.
The above remarks from a ProMED commentary on the cases in China are curious and unfortunate. ProMED is an infectious disease newsletter that is widely read by media writers and the lay public, who have minimal background in infectious diseases. As the commentator knows, the strongest data for human to human transmission are gaps in disease onset dates between two or more contacts who have symptoms and/or are lab confirmed.
The evidence for human to human transmission is the same evidence that has been repeated dozens of times since H5N1 exploded out of China in late 2003. The clusters of human H5N1 have obvious gaps in disease onset dates and have been reported dozens of times. Testing remains at the abysmal level. Samples are frequently not collected from the index case, and false negatives and misdiagnosis are common. In the latest cases, discussed above, the child (2F) from Hunan developed symptoms when her mother died of pneumonia. The child was H5N1 lab confirmed. In Beijing, multiple media reports indicated the nurse linked to the fatal H5N1 case (19F), developed symptoms, but recovered. One media report indicated the nurse was confirmed and none of the reports indicated the nurse tested negative for H5N1. Moreover, extensive testing failed to identify diseased poultry. The last confirmation of H5N1 in poultry in China was in December in Jiangsu, which was not directly linked to any of the subsequent confirmed cases in China.
However, the history of H5N1 clusters since late 2003 provides the most compelling argument that the recent clusters in China are virtually identical in time and space to prior clusters.
One of the first reported clusters was in Vietnam in early 2004. A recently married groom developed symptoms and died with bird flu symptoms in the hospital, but was never tested. His two sisters who cared for him developed symptoms on the same day, initially tested as “inconclusive”, were hospitalized on the same day, were retested and H5N1 confirmed on the same day, and died within an hour of each other. The gap in disease onset dates indicated both were infected by their brother, although the index case was not confirmed.
Later that year one of the most cited clusters was in Thailand and written up in the New England Journal of Medicine. The index case was living with her aunt, hundreds of miles from Bangkok, where her mother worked in an office and had no exposure to poultry. The index case developed symptoms after burying a pet bird, but was diagnosed as dengue fever. Consequently, the mother had no protection during hospital visits. After the index case died, the mother returned to Bangkok and developed symptoms, but also was not tested, even though her daughter had just died with symptoms. The aunt also developed symptoms and also tested negative, but was positive on a re-test. The mother was serendipitously identified just before cremation, and fixed tissue yielded H5N1 sequences. The index case was never tested for H5N1.
The index case for the first confirmed case in Cambodia collected dead chickens in early 2005. He developed symptoms and died, but was never tested. His sister subsequently developed symptoms and subsequently was hospitalized in Vietnam, where she was lab confirmed after she died.
In 2005 there were multiple clusters in Vietnam. The clusters in 2004 and 2005 were written up and published by the CDC. The vast majority of the clusters had gaps in disease onset dates.
The first confirmed case in Indonesia was also a cluster. The index case was initially diagnosed as having bacterial pneumonia. When she was finally tested for H5N1, her tittered had already risen to 64, as confirmed by the CDC and Hong Kong. A second sample, collected three days later had an even higher titer, 128, but since the titer wasn’t four fold higher than the initially collection, which should have been collected on admission, the case was not confirmed. Her sister subsequently developed symptoms and died, but was never tested. Her father was PCR confirmed and the isolated H5N1 is the current vaccine target for clade 2.1.
Clusters are common in Indonesia, and all initial confirmations were from clusters. The Tangerang cluster above was followed by a cluster involving an index case and her nephew. The aunt died and H5N1 was isolated, but her nephew’s case was mild. H5N1 was detected because he was among contacts tested, but H5N1 wasn’t isolated. That cluster was followed by a mild cluster on Sumatra, but virus was not isolated from any of the confirmed cases, and most were confirmed by antibody level. These three clusters were also reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Subsequent reported cases from Indonesia had a higher case fatality rate. On Sumatra in 2006 six of seven members of the Karo cluster died. That cluster involved the index case infecting five family members including a brother who infected his son. That H2H2H cluster was easily identified, but no sample was collected from the index case.
An even larger cluster was a Garut the following year. Three independent clusters were identified with an H5N1 confirmed case in each cluster. However, none of the index cases fro the three clusters were tested and all died. Subsequent contacts developed symptoms and were hospitalized, but use of a Tamiflu blanket lowered viral loads and all symptomatic contacts tested negative.
More recently, Indonesia has ignored obvious misdiagnosis in cluster members, even after H5N1 has been confirmed. A series of such clusters involving fatal infections in index cases as lung inflammation, dengue fever, and typhus preceded the news blackout and reporting delays fro H5N1 cases.
False negatives have also been generated by degraded samples. In Turkey, almost all 21 cases confirmed locally were in clusters, but only 12 were confirmed in England. Similarly, only one of the cluster members in Pakistan tested positive by PCR, but four were subsequently confirmed by antibody increases.
Thus, the number of negatives due to failures to collect or preserve samples or limits in testing procedures, coupled with misdiagnosis has led to a gross undercount of official clusters.
However, recent clusters such as those in Hunan and Vietnam have clear evidence of human to human transmission, even though the samples from the index cases were not collected.
These H2H clusters are further supported by the explosion of confirmed cases in China (see updated map), which are causes of increased concern.
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/01260903/H5N1_China_H2H_Evidence.html
http://www.recombinomics.com/whats_new.html
bringoutyourdead10x
Doc of Brewing Storm...
Things sure are building to an exciting event. The accumulation chart since October is racing upward. I sense that news will be forthcoming soon.
DrFeelgoodfan10x
Sustained H5N1 Transmission in Shanxi China Raises Concerns
Recombinomics Commentary 00:48
January 20, 2009
"Her mother last December 21 ~ 26 have a history of exposure to live birds, December 28, 29 there was a slight fever, due to severe pneumonia in January 2009 death of 6 ~ 7.
The above translation includes the disease onset date for the index case in the Hunan / Shanxi cluster. The 2 year old daughter developed symptoms on January 7, when her mother died, signaling transmission of H5N1 from mother to daughter. The daughter was then taken to Shanxi, where she was hospitalized.
However, another report indicates two other family members were hospitalized in Shanxi, signaling transmission of H5N1 from the daughter to the Shanxi relatives (see updated map).
Thus, although there is only one confirmed case and the WHO update indicates all contacts are “healthy”, media reports describe three additional family members infected in the H2H2H transmission chain.
This transmission chain is the longest reported to date form China. Clusters of two have been reported previously, but the cluster of four and two transmission events has not been reported previously.
This transmission chain, coupled with the symptomatic health care worker in Beijing, as well as confirmed cases in Shandong and Guizhou, represent confirmed or suspect H5N1 cases that have died or have been hospitalized this month.
More information on the contacts of the Hunan case, and release of sequence data from the confirmed H5N1 cases, would be useful.
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/01200901/H5N1_Shanxi_H2H2H.html
http://www.recombinomics.com/whats_new.html
h2h2h2???10x
Nano of Sherlock Holmes...
Now that you have figured out WHO is going to buy us... now get busy on their SP offer. hehaho...
elementarymydearWatson10x
trendy of 50K...
The big blocks being bought and our strange trading range is why methinks that the game is afoot. Something is building behind the scenes.
justmethinking10x
Dr. F of Mergers and Acquisitions...
WARNING: This is a totally hypothetical question.
If we were to end up getting bought out by a bigger fish, given the potential in our bag-o-goodies, what would be a 'reasonable' SP (or price range) to buy-out existing stock holders? $8 - 10/share popped into my Swiss cheese brain. And, if this were to happen, might this happen in the 2009CY? All hypothetically... of course.
Mmmmmmmcheese10x
nano of 'Oz'...
I think that he is in Hawaii inflating his balloon for a trip to Kansas...
nowwheredidiputmyrubyslippers?10x
nano of patience...
Patience, patents and patients = BIG money...
This is the most unusual trading pattern that I have seen since I've been in this stock. We ain't in Kansas no more Toto...
somethingisupIMHO10x
Dr. F: Overdue?...
Timingwise, it seems that we are overdue for a PR. Most are spaced out 1- 3 weeks apart. We just passed the 3 week mark.
ontheedgeofmychair10x
Dr F. of Reading the Tea Leaves...
..."a substantial PR on Monday January 5th."
I'm sure that there are several coming. In fact, I think that we are overdue for PR's on several different fronts. Whether it's Jan 5th or June 5th, it's all good.
By the way... this would not be a place of value without your involvement. Happy New Year and God bless you and yours in this New Year! Here's to a fabulouso 2009!!!
DrFfan10x
Fifth Anniversary of H5N1
Recombinomics Commentary 00:43
December 29, 2008
"In fact the post 2003 virus seems less transmissible than the 1997 version."
The above comment, from a description of the transmission of H5N1 to humans in 1997, focuses on the early events, which was quite different that the current state of H5N1 diversity, which is much more dangerous than 1997.
In 1997 the outbreak was limited to Hong Kong and involved 18 confirmed cases, including six fatalities. The outbreak led to the culling of all poultry in Hong Kong, and no reported human cases followed. However, there were multiple poultry outbreaks which typically began about this time of the year, which led to more culling.
The repeated outbreaks in Hong Kong suggested unreported H5N1 in China. The concerns were increased when a Hong Kong family vacationed in Fujian province in early 2003. The daughter developed bird flu symptoms and died in China, The family returned to Hong Kong and the father and brother developed symptoms and H5N1 was isolated from both. The father died, but the son recovered. Thus, for that family there was human to human transmission and a high case fatality rate. The H5N1 was more closely related to the various versions now in circulation, and the isolated H5N1 had receptor binding domain changes that favored binding to human cells.
However, it was exactly five years ago when reports started coming out of countries adjacent to China. In South Korea there was a bird flu outbreak in poultry, which proved difficult to control. In northern Vietnam children were being hospitalized who were influenza A positive, but negative for seasonal flu. H5N1 was isolated from both locations, and in early 2004 exploded into poultry in adjacent countries, from Japan in the north to Indonesia on the south. Moreover, the human cases in Vietnam spread to neighboring Thailand and the case fatality rate for the two countries was 70%, more than double the rate in Hong Kong. Moreover, there were multiple familial clusters, including the groom and his two sisters at the beginning of 2004 in Vietnam, and the mother, daughter, and aunt in Thailand later in the year. The clusters not only demonstrated more human to human transmission, but the also demonstrated that even in areas where H5N1 was confirmed in poultry, humans with bird flu symptoms were not being tested. No samples were collected from the index cases in the confirmed clusters, and those cases would have gone undiagnosed had they not been in clusters.
These clusters continued when H5N1 in humans expanded in 2005. Human H5N1 was confirmed for the first time in Cambodia, China, and Indonesia. In each case the first confirmed case was part of a cluster, but in each cluster samples were not collected or false negatives were initially reported. Moreover, China and Indonesia initially denied that the clusters were H5N1 confirmed.
However, the major development in the evolution of H5N1 was actually linked to H5N1 in long range migratory birds at Qinghai Lake Nature Reserve in China in the spring of 2005. Again H5N1 was initially denied, but subsequently confirmed in multiple species of long range migratory birds. At that point H5N1 had been limited to China and countries to the east. Qinghai Lake was at the intersection of major bird flyways, threatening worldwide spread.
Although some maintained that “dead birds don’t fly” and H5N1 would burn itself out, reports of dead waterfowl on farms in northwest China in June, 2005 suggested the Qinghai strain was migrating to the north, where many migratory birds summer in Mongolia and Siberia. Most waterfowl is resistant to H5N1 and at the end of 2004 WHO sounded an alert because H5N1 that was lethal to humans did not produce serious disease in waterfowl experimental infected with H5N1 from Vietnam (clade 1). The waterfowl were asymptomatic and excreted high levels of H5N1 in feces.
However, the Qinghai strain (clade 2.2) was distinct from the clade in southeast Asia, as well as H5N1 in Indonesia (clade 2.1) or China (clade 2.3). Thus, in the spring of 2005 there were four different strains of H5N1 in circulation. At the time, three of those strains had caused fatal infections in humans with case fatality rates above 50%, and the fourth strain was migrating out of China.
The outbreaks in China were followed by an outbreak at Chany Lake in Siberia in mid July, and were quickly shown to be clade 2.2. Moreover, sequences recently released from a June, 2005 outbreak in Kazakhstan demonstrated that the strain had migrated there prior to the Russian outbreak. Like all countries west of China, neither had previously reported H5N1. These outbreaks were followed by confirmation in Mongolia at the remote Erhel Lake. These outbreaks left no doubt that H5N1 could be transported and transmitted by long range migratory birds and raised concerns that the H5N1 in Siberia and Mongolia in the summer, would migrate to the south and east in the fall and winter.
These concerns were realized when H5N1 was reported in the Volga Delta in August, and the Danube Delta in October, followed by the Crimean Peninsula and Nile Delta in December.
The migration of H5N1 into these new areas, coupled with sequence data on H5N1 and H9N2, which was endemic in the Middle East lead to the prediction that clade 2.2 would acquire the same receptor binding domain change, S227N, which was present in the H5N1 from the Hong Kong family.
At the end of 2005 family members on Turkey developed bird flu symptoms and were transferred to a larger hospital. Although they were unconscious and had clear bird flu symptoms, initial tests were negative. However, as they started to die, lung aspirates were tested and were H5N1 positive. The H5N1 from the index case had the predicted receptor binding domain change S227N, and more patients in Turkey developed symptoms.
WHO accepted local lab test results which confirmed H5N1 in 21 patients. Moreover, almost all of the confirmed cases formed familial clusters. Samples were subsequently sent to England, where 12 of the 21 were confirmed, but WHO acknowledged that the lower numbers were related to shipping/degradation issues. The human clusters in Turkey were followed by clusters in Iraq and Azerbaijan and isolates from these clusters had receptor binding domain changes that increases affinity for human cells. Human cases were also confirmed in Egypt and Djibouti. Moreover, H5N1 in wild birds or poultry was reported in over 50 countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
In 2007, H5N1 reappeared in Egyptians and was reported in humans in Nigeria and Laos. A new sub-clade (2.2.3 Uvs Lake strain) appeared in wild birds in Europe in the summer and spread throughout Europe and this year was also in western Africa. At the end of the year, one of the longest sustained human transmissions was reported in Pakistan.
In 2008, human cases were reported in Myanmar and Bangladesh and the largest poultry outbreaks reported to date in India, Bangladesh at the beginning of the year, followed by South Korea in the spring, and the outbreaks in India and Bangladesh this month are on pace to eclipse the outbreaks of a year ago.
This year Indonesia also stopped reporting human outbreaks after denying three obvious clusters, where index cases were misdiagnosed with lung inflammation, dengue fever, a and typhus, even after H5N1 was lab confirmed in family members. Now lab confirmed H5N1 is denied, which highlights one of the reason “official” human cases are lower. Indonesia in fact attributed fewer cases to prompt Tamiflu usage, which should lower case fatality rates, but not cases, unless human to human transmission is widespread and efficient. However, the case fatality rate remains at 80%, because patients who recover due to Tamiflu treatment either test negative or are never tested for H5N1.
Thus, reported human cases are down because of testing / reporting issues. Similarly reports on H5N1 in poultry are down because the most hard hit countries, like Indonesia and Egypt, and declared H5N1 endemic, and therefore are only required to report outbreaks every six months, although Indonesia has not filed a report since 2006.
Thus, the difference between the H5N1 currently in circulation, and the H5N1 reported 12 years ago In Hong Kong is like night and day. Five years ago H5N1 began its global expansion, which accelerated dramatically in the 12 months following the reports if H5N1 at Qinghai Lake in 2005. The clade 2.2 expansion has produced confirmed human cases in Turkey, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Djibouti, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Clade 2.3 has now also been confirmed in long range migratory birds and has cause human cases in China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and probably Cambodia as well as the denied case in South Korea.
Recent activity has been on the rise as the birds migrate south and the weather cools. The expansion in the past five years has been dramatic, in terms of countries, infected birds culled, or confirmed human cases and clusters, which are far larger than Hong Kong in 1997.
H5N1 is on the move, in geographic and genetic terms, even if it seems to be on a decline to some.
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12290801/H5N1_Anniversary_5.html
theamazingandincredibleDrNiman10x
DainBramage of "don't believe the hype"...
The mainstream media is completely bored with H5N1. Not only did the science of Influenza evolution cause most to drift off to sleep while reading, but, for the media, H5N1 is the story of the boy who cried wolf. Since H5N1 didn't kill tens of millions in the first week, the media machine quickly bored with the subject and moved onto some other story that bled with more enthusiasm (probably Britney's head shaving or underwearless adventures). So I, like the media, will go back to lurking in the shadows until H5N1 joins us here on the NA continent. It's only a matter of time. ...Only a matter of time. Then, when our crows are dropping dead from the trees, the H5N1 hype will be HUGE. HUGE. Freakin-HUGE.
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Confirmed H5N1 Near Dhaka Bangladesh Increases Concern
Recombinomics Commentary 19:48
December 17, 2008
Bangladesh has filed an OIE report which confirms the H5N1 outbreak in northern Bangladesh near Rangpur, as well as the more recent outbreak in and around Dhaka (see updated map). WHO had filed an update on the Rangpur outbreak, but at the time the serotype had not been confirmed. At this time an update on the Dhaka outbreak has not been released.
The outbreaks described in the OIE report have been associated with multiple culls. There have already been four in the Dhaka area, supporting rumors of spreading H5N1 in Bangladesh. These culling have been in the past few days and are geographically dispersed, so additional culls are likely.
Similarly, dead crows have been reported in the Malda area as well as additional areas of West Bengal, so additional spread is likely, including outbreaks in northern Bangladesh.
Moreover, in addition to widespread outbreaks in Assam, reports of excessive poultry deaths in multiple areas in West Bengal, as well as Delhi, raise concerns that H5N1 may soon spread throughout India (see expanded map).
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12170805/H5N1_Dhaka_4_Confirmed.html
http://www.recombinomics.com/whats_new.html
...prymysharesfrommycolddeadhands10x
Nano of Good Questions...
Dunno. Technically, couldn't we be either pre or post depending on the situation? The story all sounded like a very familiar 'theme' though.
Back to lurking...
ribbedprophylactic10x
nano, the M.U.
I'm almost glad that nothing came out this AM. Even the best PR would be wasted this week thanks to the financial sector ugliness that is unwinding in the market.
monkeyscousin10x
DrVader...
Okay, I laughed out loud at that one. The Force from your post was so strong that it even scared the dog from her peaceful nap. Okay, maybe that was my loud laugh. hehaho.
HanSoloshotfirst10x
Er, um, I mean Tuesday...
duh10x
Influenza recombination has tamed Tamiflu...
To quote the genius Dr. Niman, "It looks like the H1N1 cases have H274Y and are in both Honduras and Nicaragua and may be at 100%"
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77181
H274Y is the genetic position of Tamiflu resistence. It is found through DNA sequencing.
I find it stunning that a virus can so quickly recombine to essentially de-pants some of the smartest scientists on the planet. Tamiflu is quickly becoming useless. We are quickly becoming defenseless. Hurry NNVC, hurry.
thedaywefearedishere10x
Dr. of Monday PR?...
thingsthatmakeyougohmmmmm10x
Dr. Lunchgood...
Brilliant post my friend. Thanks for sharing the insights.
Urockbruddah10x
Dr of Holidays...
Every Sunday evening is starting to feel like Christmas eve with expectations of exciting presents under the Monday morning PR Christmas tree. Now all we need is a pic of you in a red St. Nick suit typing on your computer telling us good little boys and girls about the presents we are about to receive. hehaho.
Here's a pic of one of our resident bashers: http://www.minyanville.com/assets/Image/Heatmiser.png
hardtofindreindeerinHawaii10x
nano of avian flu pandemic...
Stunning numbers. But remember that even if a super-vaccine is created (likely NNVC's), it would be impossible to reach & treat every single human being on the planet. For proof of that, simply look at the millions of deaths from treatable illnesses around the globe each year. Most are found in the third world. So sadly, there will still be very large numbers of influenza deaths even after NNVC supplies the only effective Pandemic Influenza treatment.
hobbyvirologist10x
Dr.F, Question...
How long would someone who is HIV positive have to be on HIVCide? Would it be required for the rest of their lives to continue supressing the viral loads?
Thanks10x
Jakarta Post Issues H5N1 Alert for North Sumatra
Recombinomics Commentary 20:39
August 11, 2008
"Indonesia has been the worst hit by the bird flu epidemic, with more than 110 people dead. The virus has struck again, with at least 11 people hospitalized in North Sumatra. What's wrong with the government program handling the problem? Send your thoughts by SMS to +62 811 187 2772. Please include your name and city. –Editor"
The above bird flu alert was published in the Jakarta Post today. The lack of transparency on the status of H5N1 in Indonesia has created concern within the country, as well as the international community. The United States consulate general in Medan, as well as a team from WHO, are seeking information and clarification.
Although no confirmed H5N1 cases have been reported in North Sumatra, poultry is H5N1 positive and patients have died or have been hospitalized with bird flu symptoms. The initial three fatal cases were buried without testing, and subsequent hospitalized patients are said to be negative for H5N1, although some have now been said to be suffering from dengue fever. However, dengue fever is not usually fatal, but fatalities have been reported in adjacent areas,
Indonesia has announce that they will delay reports on H5N1 confirmed cases, even though IHR requires notification of WHO within 24-48 hours after confirmation. There were two laboratory confirmed H5N1 fatalities in July, but neither Indonesia nor WHO has issued an update acknowledging the fatalities. The Ministry of health refused to confirm or deny the first case and acknowledged the second, but WHO has not recorded either as a confirmed case, even though the first case died a month ago on July 10.
The concerns over the delayed reporting have been amplified by the denial of clear H5N1 clusters in recent cases. Although H5N1 had been confirmed, relatives who died with bird flu symptoms were said to have died of lung inflammation, typhus, and dengue fever. These earlier examples of misdiagnosis increase concerns over the large number of hospitalized patients, including those said to be suffering from dengue fever.
Thus, the media in Jakarta has appealed to citizens fro clarification on the confusing situation in North Sumatra.
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/08110806/H5N1_Sumatra_Alert.html
nothingtoseehere...movealong10x
Dr.F of Mainstream Attention...
Once the powers that be 'get filled', then we will see wider news coverage. Yeah, I'm that cynical.
conspiracytheorist10x
Dr.F...
I find the 'mostly' Monday PR releases curious. Why largely on Mondays? And I hope you're right about this coming Monday. Seems that the expected PR's are starting to pile-up against each other.
curiousGeorge10x
OT: Doc of Road Apple Webcam...
Maui north... hehaho.
http://www.hornsbar.com/webcamlarge.htm
Mmmmmmmfudge10x
Chart TA...
Only looking at the Fast and Slow Stochastic, it looks like a green day/week to me. IMHO, last week a few MM's drove the price down to load up on cheap shares b4 the next PR's for EKC and HIV. Seems to consistently happen before PR's. Maybe that's just a repeating co-inky-dink. haha...
COPY paste this link: http://stockcharts.com/c-sc/sc?chart=nnvc,uu[e,a]dhclyiay[db][pb5!d20,2!f][vc5!c20][iut!lv22!lk14!ll14!lb14!lh9,3!lxa!la8,17,9!lm12!ld8!lya7,14,28!LI14,3!LE5,10,15][j20444984,y]&r=3555
technicalanalysisgeek10x
Doc...
Just got back from Mackinac Island which is Michigan's version of Maui. Of course, that is, minus the warm weather, trade winds, near constant temps in the 80's, whales, gorgeous women wearing very little clothing. You know, aweful stuff like that. But other than that... exactly the same and a fantab place to visit. Just hope you don't mind the smell of horse-dookie mixed in with chocolate fudge.
Mmmmmmilovefudge10x
nano of DNA construction...
Did you get a chance to see 'I am Legend' or read the book it was based on? If not, the movie was based on scientists who were genetically manipulating virus' to cure disease. Yikes.
lifeimitatingart10x
Nano...
Thanks for this really fascinating article. Amazing stuff.
hobbyvirologist10x
Nanononobadnews...
No bad news. Shaking out weak hands and Red M&M guy loading up before good news. Count on it.
Teedlum right... fast-Stoch says Green M&M 'up'day tomorrow. And that funny given what they say about Green M&M's... hehaho.
MmmmmmmilovepeanutM&M's10x
OT: 'Thinking and drinking'...
Or is it 'drinking and thinking'? Hey, it's summertime and also a day that ends in 'y'. So I say 'what the hay'.
Were it not for alcohol, life would be but boring tedium.
hickup10x