Turkish case count continues to rise.

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It is not seven cases from the same village, as I wrote earlier. It

is eleven and possibly 12. And besides the two who have died, another

is very sick and on a respirator, all from in or around the city of

Van. They are not all confirmed bird flu cases, so we have to wait

to see how concerned to be. If they all turn out to be H5N1

infections, I am under the impression that this would a major change

from anything we have seen elsewhere in terms of number of human

infections in a small geographical area and time period. Can anyone

confirm this?

Here is the link:

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=98132

> http://news./s/nm/20060105/wl_nm/birdflu_turkey_reaction_dc

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> > This article leaves me less than convinced of the claim made in

> its

> > headline. The last paragraph seems to indicate that they don't

> know

> > whether it is the start or not. And the first sentence of the

> last

> > paragraph doesn't make sense as written. Shouldn't it say, " In

> terms

> > of a pandemic we CAN'T SAY WHETHER WE are a big step closer to it

> at

> > this stage until we find out about the virus itself. " ?

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> > Of course, I am not suggesting that it IS the start, but why

would

> > the " experts " say categorically that it is _not_, based on " tiny

> amount

> > of data " ? I think that this is worth watching.

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