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AlaskaAquarian
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Posted: April 24 2006 at 12:16pm |
Possibility discussed of Alaska’s exposure to avian flu
Thursday, April 13, 2006 - by Sean Doogan Anchorage,
Some rural residents say they should also participate in spring bird tests, which are slated for more than 10 locations throughout the state.
Some rural residents say they should also participate in spring bird tests, which are slated for more than 10 locations throughout the state.
“We don't have enough hospital capacity in this state and particularly in the village areas if we were to have a pandemic,” said Karleen Jackson (left), the commissioner of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.
Since the H5N1 strain does not easily transfer from birds to people. Only 193 people have so far been infected with the disease and it’s estimated to be carried by millions of birds worldwide.
For now the message is simple, especially for rural
Health officials say
The State of
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Great post. Alaska is our beta test for the rest of the union! Thank you
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chargingbear
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more like As alaska Goes So goes the nation. reminds me of the last stand at the alamo .. |
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2ifbyC
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I anticipate that Alaska and the Canadian migration routes will be my 'tripwire' with the first bird report. We'll go into restricted movement mode. The FIRST US H2H I hear about will put us into minimum movement mode. Once it hits the west coast or our northern border, it's lockdown mode!
We also need to monitor the southern border in that there have been infiltrating illegals from areas known to have the H5N1.
I'll be counting on AlaskaAquarian and others in the above regions to sound the clairon!
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Survival does have an 'I'!
Dodging 'canes on Florida's central Gulf Coast |
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AlaskaAquarian
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I'll be watching out for local reports and news about BF up here. I'll keep you all updated. :)
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fiddlerdave2
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Cmon, 2IF! Infiltrating illegals??????!! There are 1000's of commercial flights between all parts of Mexico, South America, and the USA! Don't you think these will quickly transport conatagious people if H2H is in Mexico just as quickly (or faster) than illegals? On the weekend just in San Diego, 10,000 (probably way more) US students, military forces, etc. go across the border to eat, drink, get intimate for love or money, and dance in jammed dance floors and stagger home. 10,000 more commute by car and bus (jammed full breathing on each other) (US citizens who work in San Diego and drive home to Mexico). Having a visa doesn't make you immune.
As far as disease goes, every border town should just be considered one unit. I guarantee you there will be no Customs stopping people because they have a fever.
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2ifbyC
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fiddlerdave2,
I would be inclined to believe that someone that can afford a plane ticket to the US of A probably wouldn't french-kiss an H5N1 chicken.
Seriously, my orginal comment was referring to migratory birds with an after thought about our sourthern exposure.
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Survival does have an 'I'!
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fiddlerdave2
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I would gladly bet that the H5N1 chickens will come rolling in on a big truck from some subcontractor to one of our big chicken corporations, getting the cheap labor, feed, and land costs south of the border, plus the lack of those oh so nasty regulations they have here in the states. They, of course, will blame it on everyone else.
I just wanted to point out that on the southern borders, there is zero isolation from anything that might be spreading in Mexico just from ENORMOUS daily traffic of people going to work or play. Many people in LA here have homes farther in the interior they often go to for a few days.
I haven't seen a Canadian border town in a long time, but when I did, it was way quieter.
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