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Subject: Re: Bird flu in Thailand Posted on: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 02:36:50 +0000 (UTC)

Robert Howard wrote:

> I would stay well away from farms. They all have chickens!
>
> The big worry is about the virus mutating and allowing human to human
> transmission. If that happens. it is likely that quarantines may go up
> everywhere. You may have a much longer stay in Thailand than planned.

The way the media are reporting this, you'd swear virus mutation is just
a matter of minutes away.

Hell, there are millions of viruses out there. Given enough of the right
mutations, almost any one of them could blow away the human race in a
jiffy. The fact is though mutations are (1) rare and (2) largely benign.

Greg