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Saturday, January 07, 2006However, infectious disease sorts believe the children caught it from the family chickens rather than each other: "While we are concerned about (the) report of human cases of H5N1 influenza in Eastern Turkey, there is no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission, which is the hallmark of a potential pandemic." Turkish officials said that in the family where three children died, they had been playing with the severed heads of chickens slaughtered after they became ill. "It is inevitable when you have kids playing with (infected) chicken parts that you are going to have transmission," Fauci said in a telephone interview. "You will have to assume that the chickens are pooping around outside the house, if not in the house," he said. "The children will be playing around that, getting it on their feet, under their fingernails, and then they will be bringing it in the house, hugging their mother and father," he said. Meanwhile, here in the United States, chicken producers have begun testing their flocks for the virus, and the Department of Health and Human Services says to stock up on basic supplies and be prepared. Here are their recommendations. Actually, it's not a bad idea to think about things like this. It makes one more prepared for such things as natural disasters, too. There are, however, no tips for healthcare providers, at least as of this writing. I've often wondered what I would do if I found myself in the midst of a full-fledged infectious disease epidemic, like doctors long ago often found themselves. Would I continue to see patients? I probably would, but I would stay away from my family until it passed. posted by Sydney on 1/07/2006 09:48:00 PM 1 comments 1 Comments:
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