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    Posted: February 11 2007 at 7:36am
Jakarta Post reports 9-year-old boy died after admitted to same hospital where young woman died earlier today.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailtoplatest.asp?fileid=20070211221124&irec=2
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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Here is report that mentions that 2 neighbors of dead girl have symptoms

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=62809
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International Herald Tribune reports that dead woman's two neighbors now in hospital:

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Ok kp..thanks for this update. Am adding it to my growing list.

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recent report says 9-year-old boy who died today is not yet confirmed BF

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Some of these countries are in chronic denial bc they do not want to deal with repercussions. Think that is what were starting to see.
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Bird flu kills Java villager        West Java is the worst hit area of dengue deaths also , to date this year 244 people dead.

Monday, February 12, 2007

A 20-year-old Indonesian woman died of bird flu early Sunday, bringing the number of people killed by the virus in the hardest-hit country to 64.

The victim - identified only as Elis - was from the West Java village of Karangpawitan, where at least four other people also have fallen ill with symptoms of the disease, said Yogi Suprayogi, a spokesman at Slamet Hospital where she was admitted Friday.

"She was in really bad condition when she came here," said Suprayogi, adding Elis apparently had contact with dead chickens a week before she was admitted.

Hundreds of chickens have dropped dead in the village in recent days and officials were heading to the area, 200 kilometers southeast of the capital Jakarta, to test other residents for the disease, he said.

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This area had a cluster last August, and so reports of the number of illnesses may become confused.


There is stunningly little being reported about the recent death of a young woman and associated suspected infections. Indonesia and the WHO are at odds over use of samples (indonesia claims the WHO violated agreement by providing samples to Australian company) and so Indonesia may not be sharing these newest samples with WHO, even for testing. If this is the case, then Indonesian and WHO officials might try to limit attention to this situation, which could account for the lack of info. The focus on the situation in the UK may also be distracting the journalists assigned to cover BF, accounting for lack of reports.

Here is some of what has been reported (we don't know what is true):
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The dead woman was 20. She had contact with a dead chicken a week before she went to hospital on friday. She arrived at hospital with little or no hope for recovery from pneumonia and died within a day or so on Sunday. Her infection is confirmed BF by Indonesian Health Ministry.

A 9-year-old boy from the same area was admitted to the same hospital at about the same time with BF symptoms, then was taken home by parents and readmitted later after officials talked with parents. He died of suspected BF but unconfirmed.

Two of the woman's neighbors are in same hospital with BF symptoms.

A spokesman for the hospital states that four other people are symptomatic, presumably at that hospital.
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Summary: We have 1 or 2 recent deaths from BF, and 4 to 6 total recent infections (including the 2 dead) at this hospital, 200 miles from Jakarta.
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Alert maps are not reporting this recent BF in Indonesia, suggesting that the WHO is out of the loop.
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 From Relief Web........   Lots happening in Indo .  
 Even last night, Koja hospital was already facing a shortage of doctors, nurses and some 200 beds," Supari said before attending a cabinet meeting at the presidential palace.
 
This link for maps showing west , east and central areas
 

Health problems hit Indonesia flood victims


JAKARTA, Feb 12, 2007 (AFP) - More than 1,100 flood victims have been treated for respiratory problems and diarrhoea in Indonesia, where crowded hospitals are bracing for an influx of patients, officials said Monday.

The capital Jakarta was hit by widespread floods early in the month, with deep waters submerging a large part of the capital and forcing hundreds of thousands to abandon their inundated homes.

Health ministry spokeswoman Lily Sulistyowati said there had been 637 cases of respiratory ailments and 498 of diarrhoea due to the floods.

Four people had also been infected with leptospirosis, a bacterial disease transmitted through contact with water contaminated by the urine of infected rats.

More than 328,000 people remained displaced, Sulistyowati said in a press release.

Jakarta Health Office spokeswoman Tini Suryanti said most of the diarrhoea patients were children and infants. Koja hospital was already overcrowded, Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said.

"Even last night, Koja hospital was already facing a shortage of doctors, nurses and some 200 beds," Supari said before attending a cabinet meeting at the presidential palace.

She said the spread of diarrhoea could be curbed if people "cleaned up fast," after the floodwaters had receded.

"All medical services are now free," for flood victims, she added.

Supari said her ministry was anticipating a rapid increase in the number of flood victims seeking medical treatment.

"Hospitals are now already overloaded... there is no shortage of medicine but it is just that we are facing a shortage of hospital capacity," Supari said.

The health ministry was preparing emergency tents and field hospitals as well as hundreds of campbeds to send to any hospital which needed them.

"Hospitals are not allowed to refuse patients," the minister said.

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Metrotvnews.com, Garut: the Hospital Doctor Slamet, Garut, West Java, 
again received three patients suspect bird flu.

The three patients were named Enan, Dadang and Juhana.
 
They were the resident of the Harengdong Village, the Village Sindang Claim, 
the Pawitan Coral Subdistrict, the Garut Regency.
 
The previous day, the positive patient bird flu had the initials E that also the local resident also died in the same hospital.
After E died, the resident of the Harengdong Village worried tertular bird flu.
 
The resident was examined by the Community Health Centre 
doctor in this village.
Was based on results of the inspection, Enan, Dadang and 
Juhana of experiencing the sign resembled bird flu.
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Metrotvnews.com, Garut: A patient suspect bird flu that was treated
in the doctor's Hospital Slamet, Garut, of West Java, Ahad (11/2),
finally had died.
The patient was nine years old had the initials S in the critical condition when the first time being brought to the hospital.
The patient it was known suffered the sign of the illness that was similar to bird flu like the high fever, breathless and coughs.
The patient from the Earth Village was suspended, the Sukarame Village, the Garut Regency, that could be beforehand treated in the Bayongbong Community Health Centre.
However the patient had finally been reconciled to RS Dr Slamet because of the condition for his health continued to descend and to it was worried about be affected by bird flu.
S did not have the story of direct contact with the poultry.
However, S it was known often gardened with his father.
When gardening, they often used fertiliser from the waste of the poultry to make the land fertile.
Up to now, the team of the doctor did not yet know related the assurance of positive casualties was infected by the bird flu virus.
Now, the sample of casualties's blood is currently researched in the laboratory in Jakarta.
In Tangerang, a resident suspect bird flu from Balaraja, Tangerang, 
Banten, Ahad the night, also it was reported died.
This patient could not be in fact treated intensive in the hospital.
The body is currently brought came home his family to be buried.
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Metrotvnews.com, Bandung: 
the Hospital (RS) Handsome Sadikin Bandung again treated the patient 
suspect bird flu from the Mangunjaya Village, the Arjasari Subdistrict, the Bandung Regency, West Java, Ahad (11/2).
The patient named Kiki was 6.4 years old.
Kiki was treated in isolation space, because his condition resembled the bird flu sufferer.
Beforehand, he could undergo the maintenance in the Soreang regional Public Hospital, the Bandung Regency.
The previous day, Dase Suherman, the patient who was suspected mengindap bird flu from the Village Bantar the Magnitude, the Mekar Sari Village, the Ngamprah Subdistrict, the Bandung Regency, was permitted to come home.
Dase was stated healthy, after the doctor did not find the bird flu virus in his body.
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What is that BabyGirl, 7 suspects, 3 deaths and one released? Is that only today?
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I think the biggest problem with Indonesia or anywhere H5N1 is endemic in the local animal population is determining if everyone was exposed to the virus via an animal or another person. Until cases are simultaneously in the hundreds of cases of people, we won't know if it is H2H or not.
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The only other place where we might get a clue is if it starts to spread in the hospital.  I often read where people are concerned about the hospitals being overwelmed with patients, but on the other hand, do you think it would be wise to even go near one for treatment.  What if you only have the normal flu and go to a hospital and certainly if it is h2h, it's going to be there.  Would going near a hospital be wise?  What about a doctor, wouldn't he or she be in line to be spreading the h2h flu?  Once again, i feel the smart thing is going to be isolation, lots of preping, plenty of water and food, a good gun and plenty of ammo and being proficient in its use.  Keeping a low profile and taking care of your own if they get sick.  Hopefully with the isolation your illinesses will be just a normal cold or headache.  Nothing drastic, don't shovel the snow so you don't have a heart attack, don't drive anywhere - no auto accidents.  If the heat is out, dress in layers, stay warm.
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Thank you, BabyGirl. The rough translations provide names and regions:

2 dead in Bandung
1 dead in Tangarang
4 suspected/hospitalized Bandung (3 from Garut, 1 from Mangunjaya)

Other reports:
None of these are confirmed BF by the WHO
2 of dead are confirmed BF by Indonesian Health Ministry, 2 of sick are reported neighbors of one confirmed dead.

That's 5 very recent cases from the village of Garut - 2 dead, 3 remain hospitalized.
    
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The development of the Problem of the Health 
resulting from the Flood, DBD, Leptospirosis and
Bird Flu.

On February 12 2007

Was based on the report that was accepted by the 
Centre of the Control of the Department of Health 
Crisis, Directorate Pengendalian of the Originating
 Illness the Animal and the Department of Health Bird
 Flu Command Post, was received by some information that
 ought to be known by the community.
http://www.depkes.go.id/
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Metrotvnews.com, Garut: the Hospital Doctor Slamet,
 Garut, West Java, again received three patients
 suspect bird flu.
The three patients were named Enan, Dadang and Juhana.
They were the resident of the Harengdong Village, the 
Village Sindang Claim, the Pawitan Coral Subdistrict,
 the Garut Regency.
The previous day, the positive patient bird flu had
 the 
initials E that also the local resident also died in
 the
 same hospital.
After E died, the resident of the Harengdong Village 
worried tertular bird flu.
The resident was examined by the Community Health Centre
 doctor in this village.
Was based on results of the inspection, Enan, Dadang 
and Juhana of experiencing the sign resembled bird flu.
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http://www.metrotvnews.com/berita.asp?id=33281
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Metrotvnews.com, Garut: A patient suspect bird flu 
that was treated in the doctor's Hospital Slamet,
 Garut, of West Java, Ahad (11/2), finally had died.
The patient was nine years old had the initials S in
 the critical condition when the first time being 
brought to the hospital.
The patient it was known suffered the sign of the
 illness that was similar to bird flu like the high 
fever, breathless and coughs.
The patient from the Earth Village was suspended, the 
Sukarame Village, the Garut Regency, that could be
 beforehand treated in the Bayongbong Community Health
 Centre.
However the patient had finally been reconciled to RS Dr
 Slamet because of the condition for his health 
continued 
to descend and to it was worried about be affected 
by bird flu.
S did not have the story of direct contact with the
 poultry.
However, S it was known often gardened with his father.
When gardening, they often used fertiliser from the 
waste of the poultry to make the land fertile.
Up to now, the team of the doctor did not yet know
 related the assurance of positive casualties was 
infected by the bird flu virus.
Now, the sample of casualties's blood is currently 
researched in the laboratory in Jakarta.
In Tangerang, a resident suspect bird flu from Balaraja,
 Tangerang, Banten, Ahad the night, also it was reported
 died.
This patient could not be in fact treated intensive 
in the hospital.
The body is currently brought came home his family to
 be buried.
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http://www.metrotvnews.com/berita.asp?id=33273
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is the who still doing confermations in indo?
The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself......FDR
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The WHO is probably out of loop in Indonesia at the moment.
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2 days since last news on this possible cluster, but plenty in the news about Indonesia stressing how tourism is unaffected by BF and about Indonesia refusing to share info with the WHO. By now, there ought to be results on tests of the 4 suspected cases associated with the two recent deaths, but nothing. I'd like to believe that if the tests were positive then Indonesia would say so, but given their concern about tourism it seems likely that if the tests were negative we'd hear about it even more quickly....

I'd like to say "no reason to panic", but sometimes that makes people even more nervous :)

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Sounds just like India a few months ago . Encouraging tourism during the
height of a dreadful Dengue fever epidemic .


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Indonesia says it will resume sharing BF samples.

http://www.dogflu.ca/02162007/08/indonesia_to_resume_sharing_bird_flu_samples
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A worker selects chickens before sending them to the market from a poultry storehouse in Jakarta
 
15 Feb 2007
Source: Reuters
 

 
A worker selects chickens before sending them to the market from a poultry storehouse in Jakarta January 14, 2007. Indonesia has restricted sharing bird flu strain samples overseas to ensure its people benefit from any vaccine and to stop foreign parties "dancing over the corpses of others", the health minister said on Thursday.

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Why is he wearing a mask?  These chooks  look rather dead Pinch
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4,900 cadres prepared to fight bird flu

SEMARANG, Central Java: The Central Java provincial administration has prepared around 4,900 cadres to help fight the deadly bird flu virus.

The recruitment of the cadres was conducted jointly with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) under the Participatory Learning Action program.

Tukiman Taruno of UNICEF'S Central Java office said in Semarang Thursday that the program started with the training of five cadres in each regency and city. Each group was later charged with training 28 new cadres in their respective regions.

With a total of 35 regencies and cities throughout Central Java, around 4,900 cadres have so far been recruited, Tukiman said.

"Under the training program we try to encourage the participation of the public and stimulate their awareness of the danger of the bird flu virus," he said.

Due to the high risks posed by bird flu, the program also involved the Family Welfare Movement, the Association of Indonesian Teachers, Nahdlatul Ulama, Muhammadiyah and others.

Tukiman said the cadres had been trained in detecting bird flu infections, maintaining bio-security, culling infected fowls and disseminating information to the public. -- JP

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This is the   country that  claims to be  so  poor  they   .....

1.  Can't   properly compensate owners of confiscated/culled poultry.

2.  Threatened to not to share Bird flu samples with the world for
     financial reasons.


And has just annouced the purchase of Fighter Jets from Russia.

Confused 

Indonesia forex reserves rise to $43.3b

JAKARTA, Feb 16: Foreign exchange reserves in Indonesia rose by 161 million U.S. dollars to 43.3 billion dollars at the end of January compared with the previous week, according to a central bank report reaching here yesterday, reports Xinhua.
Bank Indonesia said the international reserves were predicted to hit 47 billion dollars by the end of the year on estimate of increasing surplus in the current account balance.


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Indonesia is the fourth largest country and the third largest democracy, but has less money (47b) than the US will spend this winter "exporting democracy" to Iraq. I'm going to stop now before I say something unkind, however I'm sure it's inappropriate to attack the poor for not giving you their savings.
    
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Kparcel ...

We have never asked for their savings , just the decency to allow us to defend ourselves from the Bird flu they have allowed to flourish within their jurisdiction.  Bad behaviour is bad behaviour whether you are poor
or rich .

After saying that , their government is much better than many around the
world . And full marks to them for maintaining a form of democracy .



all the best  Smile.





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Hi Ross

I'm sorry if I've seemed to pick on you. I think your exasperation is entirely understandable, and I sincerely admire your willingness to consider the possibility that you're being a bit unfair, but I'm sure that poverty has led to BF flourishing in Indonesia and that country's reluctance to share info, not indecency.
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one week later, no news for 5 days on test results...

...but here is an interesting and recent Jakarta Post commentary that points out that nothing is being done about illegal poultry trade, creating crowded conditions that they say result in lower immunity among animals

http://www.thejakartapost.com/Archives/ArchivesDet2.asp?FileID=20070216.F08

It's well known that all of the backyard chicken ranches have been shut down, probably putting more pressure on the factory farming.

Well, we try, and perhaps we've carved another year out for science to seek vaccine. But are all those dozens and perhaps scores of human infections that aren't happening reducing possibilities of H5N1 combining with seasonal flu to produce a transmittable bug that most of us have quite a bit of immunity to? Are we breeding a stronger bug?
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Here is a link to a new Reuter's report on the most recent stats from the WHO

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L19217514.htm

The WHO has Indonesia with 63 dead of 81 infections, while Indonesia's Health Ministry put it a 65 dead a week ago -their last report - and was testing four more suspected infections at that time. In related threads on this forum, latest reports say Indonesia has agreed to resume sharing with the WHO when vaccine is guaranteed.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/18/news/flu.php

Last weeks reports had Indonesia only asking that the WHO not distribute Indonesia's samples and claimed that such a guarantee of vaccine had already been secured through a private deal with a manufacturer. Could it be that when that manufacturer discovered that WHO had given away the samples they had purchased, that deal dissapeared?

Looks like we have a BF news blackout in Indonesia, not merely a witholding of samples. Here is the last report from Jakarta Post, an interview with a health ministry official 2 days ago:

http://www.thejakartapost.com/Archives/ArchivesDet2.asp?FileID=20070217.B07

It's a good read, closing with the statement that if every manufacturer in the world was forced to produce BF vaccine, then there would be enough for 250,000 people globally and Indonesia would get none.
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Kparcell: "..... there would be enough for 250,000 people globally and Indonesia would get none. " If that figure is correct, a whole lot of people on this earth would get none.
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Here is another major story from Jakarta Post about plans to relocate all bird markets out of the capital...no mention about how people will purchase poultry after that. This may be the response to that paper's recent editorial about lack of bird-market regulation, and is also interesting because it continues the latest national trend to report nothing about current outbreaks, even already-known outbreaks.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailgeneral.asp?fileid=20070219134430&irec=5

Here is the text:
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Jakarta bird market to be relocated in 2008
JAKARTA (Antara): The Jakarta Administration has planned to relocate all bird markets in the capital city to Cibubur, East Jakarta, in 2008 in an anticipation of bird flu outbreaks.

"The process of relocating bird markets will be conducted in stages. We are now still waiting for the issuance of a regional regulation concerning the plan. The work will also not be easy as it involves a lot of people," Edi Setiarto, head of the Jakartafishery, husbandry and marine services, said on Monday.

The Jakarta Administration has planned to relocate bird markets and poultry farming to Cibubur, East Jakarta.

In an effort to stop bird flu virus from spreading, the capital city has banned back-yard farmings of chickens, ducks, geese, pigeon, and quail in human settlement areas.

The city authorities will also rearrange locations of poultry slaughter houses. Jakarta at present has two official poultry slaughter houses and around 1,200 non-official ones.

A draft regulation on the matters is currently being discussed by the Jakarta regional legislative council (DPRD).
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Judy, here is a second source, from a report today, confirming that global capacity is likely no more than 500 million doses, which would cover 250 million people. Also, the State of California's practical estimate is that 6 months after pandemic onset we would expect to see enough vaccine for 1% of the population per month.

http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/news/ng.asp?n=74359-world-health-organisation-avian-flu-vaccine-pandemic
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How to back-date a weekly update for a news blackout that started February 14: February 14? What February 14?

http://www.thejakartapost.com/weekly.asp

...just slip those days quietly into the previous week. There. See? No Birdflu here :) You see any bird flu here?

http://www.thejakartapost.com/weekly.asp?startdate=2/13/2007
    

[the jakarta paper added the stories after this was posted]
    
    
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A very good story about the Jakarta poultry ban

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=36681
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Here is the same link recently posted about suspected BF death of police officer.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20070223.G04&irec=3

Midas has already supplied text on that Policeman's death thread. I'm adding the link here to highlight the info for those following these updates on this potential cluster and news blackout. This is the first death and first BF news reported from Indonesia since February 11 and is from same city, Bandung, as previous 2 deaths, which were very similar: fast. Fast is probably good because less time to infect others, but the persistence of this virus in Bandung is consistent with H5N1 evolving to be more easilly transmitted from birds to people.

The Jakarta Post has placed this story on the City pages - off the front page.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 23 2007 at 2:12pm
Kparcel - The policeman was actually from
the Subang area  not Bandung .  Which is a bit more to the east of most of the previous cases.  But was hospitalized in Bandung.


               *   Jakarta

                                            *  Subang
                   *  Bogor
                                     
                                     * Bandung  
                   

  More precisely he worked as a Policeman in Subang and lived in  a
small village which I would expect is nearby.
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There is a story that the fellow died just 2 days after his chickens, which suggests a common source, and here is everything the Jakarta Post has to say today about BF today:
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Bird flu
Sunday, February 25, 2007
I was looking to make an art work that connected me to my Global Issue -- bird flu. So I decided to choose eggs because chickens are the center of this virus.

As a result, I made an egg shape in the wood and I had it cut out.

Inside, I put another six eggs that say "Bird Flu" in English, also translated into Laotian, my native language, and Indonesian (flu burung).

It felt great to see my art work as part of the JATI exhibition and I will take inspiration from it for my future artwork. -- Chatuphone Philavong (Tuta), Grade 10
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