Replies to post #414888 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[lee kramer]

Short Ym's @ 10,680

[carl_p_r2]

You know, I was thinking I saw Sasquatch following me the other day, and was thinking that perhaps he was after my wallet... LOL

Seriously, thanks for the reply. You can bump into all sorts of strange stuff on the web. I just happened on this stuff, and wasn't sure if these people were legitimate or not.

Here's a few links, some more paranoid than others:
http://www.asiaone.com.sg/st/st_20050728_331151.html
"Pittsburgh-based genomics expert Henry Niman told The Straits Times he has noticed a gene in H5N1 'that is an exact match for an Ebola gene. So it is possible that a dual infection in birds or people may be leading to a new H5N1 - or a new Ebola virus.'"

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/07300501/Ebola_Recombinant.html
(recombinomics is Henry Niman's web site, and routinely tracks the spread of new viruses on the "What's new" link)

http://www.rense.com/general67/boxun.htm
For conspiricy theories that China combined Ebola and H5N1 as a biological weapon....

So far as I can tell, thus far the primary risk of H5N1 seems to be to poutry and poultry workers, and human-human transmission has not been confirmed.

Carl