Bird Flu Movie

The Bird flu movie aired by ABC on May 9th 2006 is a depiction of what is likely to happen if the current bird flu mutates to a fast spreading human to human virus.

The movie about a bird flu outbreak in the USA called Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America was released with very little fanfare almost coming as a surprise to the media.

But how accurate is this bird flu movie?

How are health authorities reacting to a movie that depicts a possible bird flu pandemic they have so far only warned about?




The consultant for the ABC bird flu movie was John M Barry.

Barry wrote the New York Times bestselling book "The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History."

Barry's book talks about the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic which killed 50-100 million people.

This is a particularly relevant work because the 1918 Spanish Flu was almost certainly a strain of bird flu.

Barry is also a visiting distinguished scholar at Tulane University so he does have some credibility in the field.



In the bird flu movie tents and trailers were turned into hospital wards.

Toby Clairmont of the Healthcare Association of Hawaii said the movie was "pretty much on the mark."

Most of the equipment, supplies and emergency gear in the movie are exactly what the state have been stockpiling.

Clairmont went on to warn that if a bird flu starts spreading quickly from human to human the international demand for bird flu supplies will be overwhelming.

"If we don't have it at that point, we won't have it when we need it."



The potential devestation depicted in the bird flu movie could certainly be considered accurate in a worst case scenario.

There's no way to tell how many people might die in a full blown bird flu pandemic.

But the Spanish flu of 1918 - also a bird flu according to the US Centers For Disease Control - killed at least 50 million people.

The idea of an almost post apocalyptic world with the population staying inside, streets and shops deserted is not so wild.

In the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic streets and shops were deserted at the height of the outbreak.



It's important to note the TV bird flu movie is a work of fiction.

Even though the bird flu has almost certainly spread from human to human the virus does not spread quickly or easily in this way.

For a full blown bird flu pandemic as the bird flu movie depicts the current bird flu virus would have to mutate to a far more virulent bird flu virus.

With the bird flu virus still active and spreading amongst birds throughout the world and more human cases of the bird flu virus constantly emerging the threat is real but not a cause for panic.

The America bird flu movie is just a movie. The bird flu is not spreading quickly from human to humans yet.

Taking simple precautions may be the most sensible strategy at present.



What is the most practical means of protection from the bird flu?

What can we do every day to lower our chance of catching the bird flu and other respiratory viruses like SARS the common cold and influenza?

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Bird Flu Protection

Bird flu protection could be as simple as bowing instead of shaking hands.

Japan never suffered an outbreak of SARS despite being surrounded by countries where outbreaks occurred.

The most likely reason is that viruses like SARS and the bird flu are most commonly passed through hand to hand contact and in Japan it's more common to bow than shake hands.

Hand hygiene is also promoted heavily in kindergarten and schools across Japan.

This combination of excellent hygiene and a lack of formal hand to hand contact could be huge factors in Japan's avoiding the SARS outbreak and may hold one key secret to slowing a bird flu pandemic.

What most people don't realize is that over 90% of respiratory viruses like the bird flu, the common cold and influenza get into your body through contact between your fingernails and the mucous membranes of your eyes and nose.

They literally hitchhike into your body and you're giving them an easy ride.

If the bird flu mutates into a human to human virus and becomes a pandemic health authorities predict it will kill somewhere between 200,000 and 150 million people.

The bird flu is particularly dangerous because it can readily kill the young and healthy – reminiscent of the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 whose main victims were aged 20 to 40.

We're unprepared for a bird flu pandemic.

Bird flu protection through vaccination is impractical.

First you can't begin to produce a vaccine until the virus mutates and then it's difficult to produce enough bird flu vaccine to provide bird flu protection to large population.

Worse still a “bird flu shot” may not even be effective bird flu protection against a rapidly mutating avian influenza virus.

Looking for a pharmaceutical first line of bird flu protection may be worthwhile but Cavanagh says early efforts so far seem bewildering.

The new breed of anti-viral drugs can help fight viruses like the bird flu.

The US government is stockpiling tamiflu as basic bird flu protection against bird flu in the United States yet the bird flu virus is showing a high level of resistance to tamiflu in China.

Relenza, another anti-viral drug seems to be more effective against the bird flu but again we have to wait till the bird flu virus mutates to see if any drug can provide effective bird flu protection.

That leaves us with the most sensible, simple bird flu protection which is simply washing your hands.

If you can stop avian influenza from entering your body through contact between your fingernails and your eyes or nose your chances of contracting the bird flu virus will drop dramatically.

And if everyone practiced excellent hand washing perhaps this could be as effective a response against a world wide bird flu pandemic as it was for Japan against SARS.

But hand washing as bird flu protection is not quite as simple as it might appear.

You need to use the right soap to wash your hands and anti-bacterial soap is NOT recommended.

Other hygiene techniques like nasal irrigation might also improve a natural bird flu protection strategy.

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Bird flu pandemic tamiflu

In a bird flu pandemic tamiflu may not be as effective as authorities hope.

Many countries like the USA are stockpiling tamiflu in preparation for a bird flu pandemic.

Members of the public are buying up tamiflu for their own personal bird flu protection.

But until the bird flu mutates to a human to human virus we can't be certain that tamiflu will be effective against the bird flu virus.

And the latest signs are not good...



In an unsettling development for health authorities tamilflu resistant strains of the bird flu are appearing.

A vietnamese girl diagnosed with bird flu with a tamiflu resistant strain of bird flu.

Fortunately she survived after being treated with Relenza – another antiviral drug.

In China the bird flu strain H5N1 is showing around 70% resistance to adamantane drugs like Tamiflu.

William Chui from the Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong said viral resistance to tamiflu was growing in Japan where doctors commonly prescribe the drug for influenza.


It's also important to note that Tamiflu and other anti viral drugs don't stop the bird flu from entering your body – they fight the virus once it is already inside your body.

Tamiflu works by stopping the virus from bursting out of infected cells in your body.

It does this by inhibiting an enzyme called neuraminidase on the surface of the virus cells.

This can help stop viruses like the bird flu infecting other cells in your body and also possibly reduce the chance that you'll infect other people.

To be effective you need to take tamiflu within 48 hours of becoming ill.


But if a bird flu strain is resistant to the drug then tamiflu may not be the answer to a bird flu pandemic.

It pays to be prepared and the first preparation is paying attention to personal hygiene.

Around 90% of respiratory viruses like the bird flu, the common cold and influenza that enter our bodies get there when we touch the mucous membranes of our eyes and nose with our fingernails.

So hand washing really is the first line of defense against a bird flu pandemic - not tamiflu.

But washing your hands is more complex than it might seem on the surface.

You need to use the right kinds of soap and if you can't use soap there's only one alternative that's proven by the USA Centers Of Disease Control to be effective and it's NOT an antibacterial solution.

You can learn more about effective handwashing and hygiene to prevent the bird flu and other viruses in the free report How To Prevent Bird Flu at http://www.howtopreventbirdflu.com


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Bird flu and SARS

Bird flu and SARS are both respiratory viruses and both can be fatal. Understanding their similarities and how they differ could help you prevent both these killer viruses.

Bird flu, SARS, the common cold and influenza are all viruses that multiply initially in your nasal passageways.

But the way bird flu and SARS are passed on is quite different at present.

SARS is passed directly from human to human.

You can catch SARS from any human being is infected with the SARS virus.

The bird flu (or avian influenza) is not currently known to pass from human to human.

You can only catch bird flu from an infected bird.



The great danger of bird flu is that it could mutate into a human to human “killer” virus which the general population would have very little resistance against.

A human to human bird flu virus could kill millions of people.

Estimates vary but credible sources like David Nabaro of UN health estimate the deaths will range from 5 to 150 million people worldwide.



The bird flu and SARS have one other similarity that is highly valuable in understanding how to prevent bird flu SARS even the common cold and influenza.

The most likely way bird flu and SARS will get into your body is when you touch the mucous membranes of your eyes or nose with infected hands.

So hand washing when you handle birds and eggs (in the case of the bird flu) and hand washing when you have contact with other people who could be infected (in the case of SARS) is the first line of defense against bird flu and SARS.


And avoiding contact between your face and your hands is highly recommended for bird flu and SARS prevention.

Natural soaps are recommended for hand washing – NOT antibacterial soaps – and it's also crucial you dry your hands thoroughly after washing.

Infections like the bird flu and SARS are passed more easily on wet hands.



For more information on how to use hand washing and other simple hygiene measures to protect yourself against the bird flu, SARS, the common cold, influenza and more...

And the best soaps to use and other natural effective therapies that really help protect you and your family read the free report How To Prevent Bird Flu at http://www.howtopreventbirdflu.com

How To Prevent Bird Flu

With health authorities predicting a major bird flu pandemic I've been flooded with this basic question – how to prevent bird flu.

I'm a prominent Australian health writer and for me this is not a light question.

The right answers in the hands of the right people could save thousands even millions of lives if avian influenza does mutate to become a virus spread from human to human.

The right answers could even save the life of someone close to you.

This article reveals the three simplest natural, healthy strategies to bird flu protection.


Leading advanced hygiene pioneer Dr Kenneth Seaton invested over 15 years developing practical strategies to help ordinary people avoid respiratory viruses like avian influenza, other ordinary strains of influenza and even the common cold...

Seaton knew 95% of viruses like the bird flu enter our bodies from contact between our fingernails and the mucous membranes of our eyes and nose.

Your fingernails harbor viruses and all you have to do is get virus droplets on your hands then touch your face and the cycle of virus transmission is complete.

These are three basic recommendations for avoiding the bird flu and other respiratory viruses based on Seaton's extensive research...

1. Don't touch your face with your hands. If you don't touch your face with your fingernails you should stop the virus entering your body through the mucous membranes of your eyes or nose.

2. Wash and dry your hands thoroughly with soap and warm water every time you go to the toilet and any time you handle live birds, raw poultry or uncooked eggs.

3. Regularly perform warm facial dips to inactivate virus cells and wash them out of your nasal passageways.


Washing your hands is more complex than it might seem on the surface.

You need to use the right kinds of soap and if you can't use soap there's only one alternative that's proven by the USA Centers Of Disease Control to be effective and it's NOT an antibacterial solution.

Also most people have never even heard of a facial dip, let alone performed one.

These key therapies to effective hygiene are easy to learn and step by step details are included in the free report How To Prevent Bird Flu – The Natural Healthy Way...

You can also sign up for a FREE email course on how to prevent bird flu, the common cold, influenza and so much more at http://www.howtopreventbirdflu.com


You can also sign up for a FREE email course on How To Prevent Bird Flu the common cold, influenza and so much more...