Selam,
today I just saw at the news that in Turkey ( in the est part ) for the first time bird flu passed from human to human and this is very dangerous...3 people died.. Until now, as u probably know,the bird flu was passing only from bird to human not also from human to human.. it said at the news that Turkey should have closed all borders and it is not doing in the right way by not doing so.. because if the bird flu passes from human to human it can easily get to otehr countries and all around the world. Is this true or is the media just overracting??what does turkish media say?

This is what media means. Exaggeration! Don't panic.

NO, as far as I know, the virus still doesn't pass from human to human.
The children that died were of the same family and they had eaten ill chicken.

I think it is really dangerous this time..I wont eat an egg and chick meat nowadays...

Turkish Daily News :
THE RISK: At present, H5N1 is not easily transmitted from bird to human. In other words, a person would have to pick up a lot of virus in order to be infected. Nor is it easily passed from human to human: there have been only three suspected cases where this is believed to have happened. The big worry is that H5N1 could pick up genes from conventional human flu viruses, making it both highly lethal and highly infectious. As it would be a radically new pathogen, no one would have any immunity to it. The mutation could occur if H5N1 co-infects a human who already has ordinary flu or the agent is picked up from poultry by an animal such as a pig that can carry bird and regular flu strains.
VACCINE: No definitive vaccine against the viral threat is available as no one knows the precise shape it will take after mutating to the feared highly contagious form. Several prototypes are being explored. But the risk is that they could be only partially effective or even useless because the virus' genetic shape will have changed and thus will not be recognized by antibodies. If a pandemic does occur, the big concern is about the delay. It could take up to six months to formulate and test the right vaccine, which will only be available in limited quantities immediately thereafter. Traditionally, flu vaccines take up to nine months to manufacture, using egg-based technology, although ways of speeding this up using genetic "reverse engineering" are being intensively explored.

so is it possible for the infection to pass from a chicken to another animal??

Turkish Daily News

Sacrificial animals may help spread bird flu in Turkey

"The transportation of animals across Turkey for the looming Muslim Feast of the Sacrifice may accelerate the spread of bird flu in the country, experts warned on Saturday.

Even though sheep and cattle are not affected by avian influenza, animals, which have lived in close proximity with infected birds, may carry the virus on their skins or feet, Gencay Gursoy, head of Istanbul's Doctors Chamber, told a news conference, reported the Anatolia news agency.

"Animals coming from the east and the Southeast are a potential danger," he said, adding that sheep and cattle were often bred in the same environment with fowl in the region.

Two children perished over the past week in a hospital in the eastern city of Van from the lethal H5N1 virus, while two others infected with bird flu remain under treatment.

Flu outbreaks among birds have been detected in seven areas in Turkey's impoverished eastern and southeastern provinces, where animal breeding is a major source of livelihood.

Thousands of sheep, cows and bulls are brought from rural areas to the cities for sale ahead of Eid Al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice, which this year begins on Tuesday. "

i exactly remember that...i commented here...but cant find now....should i ask mods???lyndie???*

i dunno why they do dis....

just wanted to say wad i think...