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A Bird Flu Spreads in Seals. Could Humans Be Next ?
By Editor, World News Tomorrow
WORLD NEWS TOMORROW – Last fall, 162 harbor seal pups mysteriously washed up dead on the shores of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Puzzled, scientists conducted autopsies on five of the animals, which suggested that a respiratory infection had killed them. Samples of the seals’ tissue were then analyzed further and a common virus was discovered: a new strain of influenza that appeared to have evolved from H3N8, a bird flu virus first isolated in North American ducks in 2002.
The virus’ potential leap from birds to mammals raises questions about whether it could jump to humans as well. Avian flu viruses have spread to humans before — notably H5N1, the scariest type. But while H5N1 spreads easily among birds, often killing them, it infects humans only rarely, though when it does, it’s highly lethal: since 2003, there have been 607 cases of human H5N1 worldwide, leading to 358 deaths.
In late 2011, an even scarier development: researchers in the U.S. and the Netherlands announced that they’d managed to create mutated strains of deadly H5N1 in their labs that passed easily between mammals, developments that led to fierce debate over the wisdom of publishing the findings (the fear was that the data could be dangerous in a bioterrorist’s hands) and to a moratorium on all further research. (Eventually, a federal advisory board allowed the two scientific teams to publish their findings in Nature and in Science, but the moratorium remains.)
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Meanwhile, it seems that Mother Nature has been tinkering too. Researchers, reporting in the journal mBio, found that the new seal virus was distinct from H3N8 by 37 mutations, some of which have been previously identified as being necessary for flu to adapt to mammals. The new strain, being called seal H3N8, evolved the ability to spread from seal to seal, killing them; bird flu has been found in seals before, but it hasn’t spread between the animals. “[H3N8 is] something that’s been circulating for a while in birds, but we’ve not had this sort of die-off relating to this virus in the past,” study author and virus expert Dr. Ian Lipkin of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University told the BBC.
The authors say the new virus has mutations that allow it to live in both birds as well as mammals. It has also evolved to make it more likely to cause severe symptoms, and has the ability to target a protein found in the human respiratory tract, the BBC reports. Although birds carry a wide variety of flu viruses, which sometimes make the jump into mammals, they almost never acquire the ability to spread from mammal to mammal.
The worry is that if the new virus continues to adapt and thrive in seals, it will acquire other mutations that could make it likely to pass to humans. Further, the scientists’ study of seal cells found that they have receptors for both bird and mammalian flu viruses, making the animals a potentially good host for flu viruses to mix, evolve and learn how to adapt to other hosts. Pigs also have this hosting ability, which is why they’re known for giving rise to new hybrid flu strains — such as H1N1, the “swine flu” of 2009 — that infect humans.
The seal “could be the equivalent of an aquatic pig,” Lipkin told the New York Times, noting that the new seal H3N8 virus is “clearly a virus for which we need some surveillance.”
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It’s still not clear what exactly the findings mean for seals or humans, but the authors conclude that the natural emergence of a virus that can be transmitted between mammals and that was discovered in a mammal that can be infected with multiple flu viruses “must be considered a significant threat to both wildlife and public health.”
In any case, the discovery of the new virus is a reminder that we need to step up our efforts to monitor potential new pandemics and prepare for them. “It’s important to realize that viruses can emerge through routes that we haven’t considered. We need to be alert to those risks and ready to act on them,” said study editor Anne Moscona of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, in a statement.
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What’s really interesting is that patients given aspirin expired from the later version of the 1918 Spanish flu (during WWII I believe) whereas naturopathic treatments kept people from dying. I fear these flu viruses much less than the “cures” that are all ready and waiting – vaccines! Eat healthy, detox, get plenty of vitamin D3 and any of the natural occuring foods that destroy fungi and viruses – coconut oil particularly. Avoid all NSAIDS, especially aspirin, and no matter what – DO NOT get vaccinated!
“Coconut oil is very effective against a variety of infections due to its antifungal, antiviral, and antibacterial properties. According to the Coconut Research Center, coconut oil kills viruses that cause influenza, measles, hepatitis, herpes, SARS, etc. It also kills bacteria that cause ulcers, throat infections, urinary tract infections, pneumonia, and gonorrhea, etc. Coconut oil is also effective on fungi and yeast that cause candidiasis, ringworm, athlete’s foot, thrush, diaper rash, etc.”
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I recall recently, listening to a random radio show when the host switched to the story on various professors digging up corpses who died from the 1918 Spanish flu.
I don’t remember much, because I was sitting there wondering what kins of sick ghoul would WANT to recreate this flu “in the lab”, and would be willing to dig up corpses in order to get their raw material.
After hearing this story-on the msm, and then hearing a number of follow up confirmations, nothing in the realm of bio weapons surprises me.
Do we really need any more proof that humanity is being ruled by some very, very perverted psychos?
Our perverted rulers abuse science and medicine every chance they get. Their evasion of responsibility for the deadly Spanish Flu only whetted their appetites for more carnage. The ominous deaths of specific bird flocks in Arkansas a couple of years ago should give us all a fair idea of their deep, criminal insanity.
As their treachery becomes more widely known they will not do the smart thing and cash out, but will grow increasingly more desperate and will have to alter plans quickly, perhaps turning on one another in a rush to secure their own safety and control at the expense of their erstwhile allies.
Dr. Joseph Moshe’s story is a rare glimpse into the world of depraved screwballs with power who control and abuse scientists and knowledge for the destruction of life and normal growth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jemRjFzZy7M
All the while they mistakenly believe they will ‘borg’ us into total slavery, and ‘hologram’ themselves and live forever. They may be ‘borging’ us at the moment with their vile Aerosol/chemtrail ops, but hopefully some kind of… resistance will stop them before they are able to turn on the counterpart in any meaningful way. It’s used now of course, but on a mild subverted mass experimental basis. Don’t want to alert the sheep while something can still be done to stop them. As for their belief they will ‘hologram’ themselves, at least we can look forward to the fact that they will rip each other apart long before that happens, or, that it will go horribly wrong and subject their ‘holos’ to an eternity of torture! One way or another we will be avenged, by our doings or their own.
While the prospect of pandemic is very frightening, indeed almost terrifying, the possibility of bio-terrorism is greatly overblown. State actors may have the capability of protecting their own population from the bio-agent chosen for attack but the bio-terrorist ordinarily would not. Psychopaths or cults such as Aum Shinrikyo probably would not have the technological capability to develop a bio-agent. Politically motivated terrorists would not want to risk decimating the population they purport to support.
Naturally it is imperative that we have the capability to rapidly identify the next pandemic and to immediately determine if it is a naturally occurring event or if it is the start of a state sponsored bio-war.
“Naturally it is imperative that we have the capability to rapidly identify the next pandemic and to immediately determine if it is a naturally occurring event or if it is the start of a state sponsored bio-war.”
- Seems to disprove your earlier statements in the top paragraph but you are not a terrorist? I will take your word on that.
- Intel. is needed on states who sponsor such means and delivery systems..
– Once it is substantiated, we have non-liars to tell the story with the liars inspired by Sun Tzu type methods to be on the back lines, whilst the non-liar or representative of parliament is protected by law officials..
– If it is found there are nation states doing such weapons research then a call to the U.N. might be necessary or some arms treaty within the confines that these systems are not developed.
- If live cultures are needed in case of outbreak for development of antidotes, then restrict access and ensure staff are vetted to the highest of standards.
- What is the total death count for a x megaton nuke before and after?
- What is the total death count for mass bombardment of traditional weapons and delivery systems?
– What if targets within the impact area which could used for retaliatory strikes, are eliminated?
This is not the Pentagon but surely, the identification of pandemics could be limited to a more narrower of a view without the potential for mass contamination and insiders who care nothing but themselves.