"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
The woman, surnamed Lin, tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of influenza after being hospitalized with fever and pneumonia on January 10, the Xinhua news agency said, citing health ministry officials.
No outbreak among animals was detected in Zhangpu county where the woman lived and those who had contact with her were placed under observation by local health authorities, the agency said.
The article does point out, however, that during the Chinese holidays, many people purchase birds and slaughter them at home for the festivities, so it's possible she caught it from a bird imported from another province. posted by Sydney on
2/09/2006 09:29:00 AM
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