Tweeting and Egypt
First, I’ve joined the Twitter community. I’ll have the link on this site by the time you see this. Please sign up to follow my Tweets.
Second, There is a lot of concern about the Bird Flu situation in Egypt, with the discovery of two more cases recently. That’s a total of 15 cases since the start of the year, making Egypt the worst location for H5N1 so far in 2009. It does appear that the virus has shifted in Egypt, which is a good thing because it is less deadly than it was previously. Of the 15 people that have come down with H5N1 this year in Egypt, NONE of them have died. There is some concern that it is more easily transferable from person to person, but if the mortality rate has gone down to zero, that is a significant and noteworthy development. WHO is sending a team to Egypt to study these latest cases, but they were delayed due to the holidays in Egypt. They should be there by now. Let’s see how long it takes them to report their findings.
Stay tuned…
Harlan
Tags: Bird Flu, Business Continuity, H5N1, Pandemic, Pandemic Preparedness