Re: Bird flu may transmit more easily than previously believed

January 17, 2008

what in the article justifies this headline ?

January 18, 2008

well, the 25% is not so new. I think, they (we !) thought this before.

It doesn't yet imply 25% of transmission is h2h, only that they have no possible source.

I remember, that we often heard this in the past.

And we flubies always suspected h2h long before WHO first admitted it.

January 18, 2008

sterten@... wrote:

> what in the article justifies this headline ?

The 25% of cases that spontaneously got it without an identifiable source?

If the thinking is: you only get it from birds or from contact with

someone who has gotten it from handling birds, then 25% of the people

who get it not having contact with birds or infected people directly

means it's a lot easier to get than they thought.

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