two items of interest

[nadinbrzezinski]

some serious fighting in Southern Russia, police, chechen children evacuated, now for the bird flu, they are sending a sample to a UK lab from a person infected... and I do hope this is not as of yet, the human to human....

things could indeed get interesting

Oh and CBS news top of the hour Mike Web show

[shraby]

1. Got a link for the bird flu story?

I'd like to read it...thanks.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. it was on the cbs top of the news

so let me go searching... hmmm ok CBS has it at the top of the hour and tehir website does not....

Strage... looking at yahoo now

[shraby]

3. All I could find was samples sent to the U.K.

for testing from some ducks in Romania. It's H5, but they need more testing to determine if it's N1.

What I do is go to google news and put in bird flu, then sort by date thats in the upper right hand corner.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Yuo are going to be scared I found the story

IN SPANISH on Yahoo News Mexico

So here is the phrase, and article and tranlation

Para este viernes deberán estar listos los resultados de análisis de laboratorio que determinarán si Turquía posee o no una cepa relativamente inocua del virus, o la mortal H5N1, mientras prosigue el sacrificio masivo de aves en varias zonas del país.

This Friday the results from the lab tests will determine if Turkey has or not an inocouus form of the virus, or the lethal HSN1, while they continue to massivley kill birds in various regions of the country

http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/article.asp?ID=%7B02B34A55-5827-4EFE-B983-7A409007C381%7D&language=ES

Andt this is weird, why would CBS radio have it, and only place I can find it is Yahoo Mexico? Oh and there is more Colombia has cases of bird flu, but a type that is not contagious H9... go figure more detail in spanish than round these parts, surprise, surprise, surprise

[shraby]

6. Odd is right. Another odd thing is it takes so long

to determine which strain of bird flu in Romania. Last year they said they found a quicker way to test so it didn't take a couple of weeks, which is crucial if a human has caught it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Yeah, good news I read spanish, native tongue but it was

disconcerting.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Romanian samples tested negative for bird flu.

[shraby]

8. Got a link, because I just googled it

and they had determined the H5 but not if it was N1 or not. There is an H5N2 that birds get and doesn't transmit to humans.

Just took another look..an article from the Boston Globe 10 minutes ago says that the EU states there's no bird flu in Romania.

Reuters, India 13 minutes ago said there is in Romania,
Malaysia Star, Malaysia 8 minutes ago said there is in Romania.

Go figure.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Same link I gave you

it is not HSN 1

Amazing... I can find it in Spanish... but not in Yahoo news North America

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. and I went ot the N Zealand portal which

directed me to the WaPo

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/13/AR2005101300164.html

[shraby]

14. Looks like they're mexing their missages.

I hope that doesn't happen if it starts moving human to human.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Please reply to proper post in hierarchy. Are you replying to my post?

I don't think you mean to, but you have done so in the hierarchy.

[shraby]

12. Yup, I was replying to yours. I edited to add though.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Ah. Thanks for replies. Interesting.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. This is just weird

Ok I guess time to go to bed and ponder on this

Oh and CBS is still saying that the samples from Rumania are gonig to the UK... and they are not sure.

Hmm, this is weird... very weird... extremely weird

[shraby]

15. G'night Nadin and sleep good.