China says NO to Human to Human BF.

    The Chinese Officials have confirmed that the bird flu virus that killed a man and infected his father in Jiangsu Province was a poultry-originated virus and cannot spread from person to person, Mao Qunan, spokesman of the Ministry of Health, said in a press conference this morning.

The H5N1 virus has not mutated according to the gene analysis of the virus, Mao said. The cause for the two infections was still being investigated, as both had no contact with poultry before becoming ill.


Mao Qunan, spokesman of the Chineswe Ministry of Health

No clinical symptoms of bird flu have been found among the 83 people who have had close contact with the two patients, the ministry confirmed.

Sixty-nine people were in close contact with the first patient, and only his father has shown symptoms of bird flu. Six people who had close contact with both patients are still under close observation while 55 others have been released.

Here is the News Item from the official Chinese Site:

http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/234990.htm

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Lyndah wrote: gnfin, per your post:   Six people who had close contact with both patients are still under close observation while 55 others have been released.   I wonder if two of the six patients are the boys mom and girlfriend.

i think is the Chinese government is now experimentation on a new biological

video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGE_oMVJ50I&feature=related

 weapon like the taliban/ bin laden is doing currently on the Pakistan border.

One word regarding the Chinese government's lack of transparency: 

Cicero - that's how the Chinese government conduct just about all of their business. They forcibly removed thousands and bulldozed their neighborhoods to build the Olympic facilities (just like the ridiculous Three Gorges dam project). But look at their record on so many things, including freedom of speech/religious beliefs and internet censorship. They even increased the number of capital crimes a few years ago when they realised how lucrative the trade in donor organs to Hong Kong had become, and now they are are reports of guards botching the execution so doctors can harvest tissue and organs from still living prisoners to increase their viabilty. Do an internet search about their barbaric torture of Tibetan "political" prisoners (some of whom are still in their early teens) - that's a real eye opener. The list goes on. And now just about everything we buy seems to be made there at the expense of workers at home. Maybe we should all boycott Chinese goods for a month and see if that gets their attention and makes them behave like grown ups...