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Carrier cited 9/11 and the ensuing downturn of the economy; the buildup to, and the war in, Iraq; China’s SARS virus; and the burst of the technology bubble as reasons people spent less money on travel...
...received from Beijing? Overall, I am quite happy. We found they had aggressively culled poultry, and had restricted the movement of poultry and people. That's good, but we strongly recommend that the Chinese government get more samples from humans and animals. We need to know whether the virus is spreading among asymptomatic birds and humans...
...farmers have been using the flu drug Amantadine on their chickens? The Chinese government has officially told the WHO that the government has never encouraged [use of] this drug for prevention purposes. We're waiting for more information. It's a very serious blow to our fight against this virus if amantadine has been used in an inappropriate manner, because this drug would normally play an important role in treating influenza...
...Vietnam has seen rising case numbers with a lower mortality rate. What does this mean for the virus? Our investigations have concluded that, so far, there's no evidence of efficient human-to-human transmission there. But given the unpredictable nature of the virus, the longer the current situation persists, the more chance the virus will achieve efficient human-to-human transmission...
...there any genetic changes in the virus? The H5N1 virus has undergone significant genetic changes over the past several years, but there's no evidence so far of a specific change that makes the virus more transmissible to humans...