I mean it is better for the people to be cautious and maybe it is better to be safe than sorry, but, I don't remember seeing a link to processed or cooked foods. Does the virus die when heated?
SHANGHAI, MAY 13
Sales of fast food giant KFC (click here) in China slumped an estimated 36 per cent last month, according to parent Yum! Brands, as consumers shunned chicken due to the H7N9 bird flu outbreak in humans.
For Yum overall, which includes other restaurant chains such as Pizza Hut, Chinese same-store sales — a measure of turnover in established outlets — fell an estimated 29 per cent in April, according to an exchange filing on Friday.
An outbreak of H7N9 avian influenza, found in humans for the first time, has killed 35 people in China since the government began reporting figures in late March, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
The ministry today said that four new deaths had occurred in the past week.
Chinese cities have shut live poultry markets in response to the outbreak.
“Beginning the first week of April, publicity surrounding avian flu in China has had a significant, negative impact on KFC sales,” Yum said....
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April 17, 2008
New vaccine may give long-term defense against deadly bird flu and its variant forms (click here)
A scientist named Suresh Mittal, a professor of comparative pathobiology in Purdue's College of Veterinary Medicine, has created a novel immunization procedure that includes genes from multiple strains of the virus and offers protection that could continue to exist through different mutations.
"Fortunately, avian influenza in humans tends to replicate deep in the lungs where it can't easily get out through coughing. However, the more people this virus infects, the more chances it has to evolve. It is important to keep a close watch on this outbreak."
