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Just as we conquered the SARS epidemic in 2003, we will surely conquer bird flu as well,

I see him one day a week. I saw him the other night. There's a flu bug going around. He jumped in bed with us; then about three in the morning he started puking. There was not much sleep after that.

Our goal was that poultry would not get infected by bird flu and we were successful in this.

Our system is not designed to ensure that there are early flu shots available to those who need them most.

Research shows that this particular avian flu virus can be transmitted to humans who are in direct contact with the infected animal.

Recently, some strains of bird flu viruses have infected people in Asia. There is concern these new strains could cause a pandemic, but they are not infecting people in the United States at this time. Rather than wait for that possibility to occur, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is testing avian influenza vaccines.

President Bush right now is in a very serious case of second-term blues. It may be the avian flu of second-term blues.

Spring is not the best of seasons. Cold and flu are two good reasons; wind and rain and other sorrow, warm today and cold tomorrow. Whoever said Spring was romantic? The word that best applies is frantic!

Marcus is down with flu while Liam has a stomach ailment.

Like with any other deep tissue treatment, release of toxins in the muscles can result in the flu symptoms.

It feels amazing. After having the flu and getting knocked out early last year, I definitely had some revenge this year.

I think President Bush was speaking to an audience at home and to other countries in the region that want to see that the U.S. is still committed to human rights reforms in China, ... The bilateral discussions will be trade, currency exchange rates and more trade, with some side issues like avian flu and energy.

I thought I had a bad case of the flu and I got a bad pain in my right leg and went into the ER just to have that checked out.

It is entirely possible that more human cases will crop up now and then across China as outbreaks in poultry continue and as bird flu continues to be endemic in the environment.

Maybe our message of encouraging people to seek flu shots is getting through.

We need the flu shot. We need the vaccine.

We now have a total of six patients being treated for suspected bird flu infections.

We needed capacity. ID Biomedical is a top-rate outfit, they have state-of-the-art facilities and we're very excited about the chance to invest and expand capacity and to further advance our flu-pandemic and our improved flu vaccines.

I am so pro-swine flu it's ridiculous.

I am so pro-swine flu... I want it. We need a plague. It's got to happen; don't be afraid. It's only going to kill the weak.

That would make for a much quicker response to a flu outbreak, and would help move vaccine technology into the 21st century. Right now vaccine technology is in the middle of the 20th century. It just doesn't make sense to rely on outdated methods that have been around 40 years.

That would be roughly equivalent to the number of doses that are used in a typical flu season.

The $1.9 billion shows that the world cares greatly about the issues we face and that governments want to be sure that there is enough cash available to do everything they have to do to get the current epidemic of bird flu under control and make sure that we can prepare for a human pandemic.

Most farmers still can't believe the news and are hoping the lab tests confirming bird flu are wrong.

Will it happen in a few months or will it ever happen? We just don't know. But we recognize that somewhere in the near future we will have a pandemic flu caused by something and we have to be prepared.

Where you live should not determine how well protected you are from a bird flu or any kind of pandemic.

We hope China can share more information and samples of bird flu timely, regularly and globally.

While avian flu has become an increasing concern in Europe, we don't believe the company has seen any discernable impact on sales.

We received this confirmation this morning from Atlanta. Now, we have 29 bird flu cases, 21 of them dead.

We don't want to make people overly paranoid here. You can reduce your risk of getting colds and flu by a few simple actions. You are always gambling with germs. You just want to keep the odds in your favor.

We don't think anyone should be restricting exports of poultry because poultry is perfectly safe. There is no bird flu on poultry farms in Europe except on one turkey farm in France, where all the birds have been slaughtered.

We can't wait until Congress is in session next February to address next year's supply challenges, ... By then it will be too late. ... Flu is a worldwide killer and the need for a vaccination is clear -- and yet, the market has dwindled to the point that the pullout of just one company can devastate our supply.

We are trying to ascertain as quickly as possible whether more victims received fake flu shots and whether they, too, are at risk, ... Other charges may follow.

Well, we're just at the beginning of the flu season, so we can't predict whether this is going to be a serious year or not, ... We have 20 million more doses of flu vaccine to get out there, and our goal is to get those doses to the people who need it the most before the season really speeds up.

We must stress the message that bird flu has been found in wild birds only and not in farm animals.

We're watching the situation with the avian flu very carefully, taking the steps that need to be taken now to help prepare and, most importantly, detect the transfer of that virus into people, ... But it is a very worrisome situation.

We know that you can only get avian flu from getting in contact with a chicken or a bird species with it. That's bad enough. We don't transfer it from one human to another, which is really bad! But from the infective agent's point of view, the virus' point of view, its going to say 'to be more adaptive, maybe I'll switch hosts, and I'll adapt to a system where humans are transferring to each other.' We wouldn't even have a concept of that or a worry of that without Darwin's theory of evolution.

We know the virus is changing. We're watching little mutations occur all the time -- that's what flu viruses do.

We forecast that bird flu mutation is possible in the countries where the number of different viruses is high. This group includes the United States.

The president has laid open his farm for screening, just like he hopes other farmers will do to help us contain the bird flu outbreak.

We are in outbreak mode. We are seeing much more evidence of flu than we normally see.

We know that bird flu is a very dangerous disease. The virus mutates easily ... and moves very quickly across national boundaries.

When you start getting the flu it's hard to distinguish it from any other upper respiratory infections so most people don't realize they have flu until past the 48 hour window.

We are pleased that the Chiron Corp. has taken steps to address issues at their facility in Liverpool as they prepare for the upcoming flu season,

The patient is a suspected bird flu case. He had a history of contact with live and dead chickens.

We don't have an answer yet. You have to balance the risks. The answer will depend on how bad the hurricane is, which direction it's heading and how virulent the flu strain is.

We actually had a very mild flu season last year much milder than normal. But every year you really go into a bit of a guessing game,

We're encouraging people to hang in there. In Missouri, the flu season doesn't peak until January or February, and it takes about two weeks for the vaccine to take full effect, so there really is plenty of time for most people. There still is some concern for high-risk groups, who should have been first in line. Those are the folks we're encouraging to stay on the line with physicians and with county health departments to find out where the vaccine will be. But for the rest of us who are healthy and don't have a chronic illness or health problems, there really is plenty of time. We just need to be patient.

The question is not whether but when the first bird flu case appears in our country.

To top it off, the Bank is asking these countries to keep making non-refundable debt payments to the Bank instead of using the funds to fight poverty, HIV/AIDS, and now avian flu in Africa. We call on the US Executive Director and the World Bank's Board to do the right thing and scrap these delays when they meet on Thursday.

We were kind of sick. I had three that were sick and to be that sick we played hard. We've kind of had the flu bug hit us this week. I was pleased with the way we played.

We definitely think, in children in particular, that this vaccine is as good or better than the standard flu shot, ... The children who received the vaccine, who were all preschool children, had a dramatic decrease in natural flu.

We believe, for just a regular flu season without the avian flu, yes, we have enough.

We want the flu shot in their arms first.

It is a good idea for everyone who does not have contra-indications to receive a flu shot.

Meryl Streep is not here tonight. She has the flu - and I hear she's amazing in it.

The critical thing at this point in the avian flu epidemic is to prevent human exposure to the virus, to prevent human cases, if they've not already occurred.

The existing flu vaccine manufacturing system is not adequate to meet the nation's needs in the event of a flu pandemic or a shortage,

In the Far East, it's very normal for people to wear masks in flu season. I don't know if I'd ever do that, though, because I don't like having things on my face.

I'm really an alarmist when it comes to epidemics. Swine flu now; when SARS was big, I was all freaked out about that, bird flu. That terrifies me.

We?re just at the beginning of flu season. We expect cases to increase in the coming weeks. There is still vaccine in Connecticut -- several thousand doses.

We have conquered the SARS epidemic in 2003, and we will surely conquer the bird flu virus,

There are many other examples. West Nile virus spread from insects to humans; the avian flu we are now so worried about comes from birds. Diseases also jump to domesticated animals such as cows - the human variant of 'mad cow disease', from rodents, and from many different species.

We calculated that we had about 49.25 percent of what was needed. This was allocated out to nursing homes, hospitals and private facilities. We received 5,432 doses of flu vaccine to redistribute.

We pass by the mission every day on our way to our clinic in Keizer. And then we had this great idea of giving flu shots to the homeless.

We are coming into a period where the bird flu will be highly transmissible. As the weather warms up, more wild birds will be migrating and it will be easier for the bird flu to be transmitted to a wider area.

We don't want to create the impression that if you don't get your flu shot today that you're going to be in trouble. People at high risk, along with people who are healthy, can continue to get vaccinated after Oct. 24.

We don't believe the state should have to pay for flu shots we never got. We're not going to pay, and we're not going to change our mind on that.

There has been this talk about avian flu in other parts of the world ... but we did not really address the issue.

There has been a shift in the susceptibility of wild fowl to H5N1. That's something that needs very careful attention if we're going to be ready for possible introduction of the bird flu virus in other locations through wild fowl.

There is a better chance of a person winning the national lottery than catching bird flu in the UK today.

We saw more demand in one day last week than we saw for an entire flu season in the previous year.

We kept our momentum going and worked on our shooting. We are still working to achieve one of our goals which is to go 10-0 in district. We are trying to avoid the flu and injuries. We are telling our kids to eat good healthy meals, get a good amount of sleep, relax and have fun.

This year's flu season is not off to an aggressive start. We have less flu in the country than we did this time last year,

There are initiatives in place to deter counterfeiters and those who sell fraudulent or phony products to prevent or treat avian flu. The use of unproven flu cures and treatments increases the risk of catching and spreading the flu rather than lessening it because people assume they are protected and safe and they aren't. I consider it a public health hazard when people are lured into using bogus treatments based on deceptive or fraudulent medical claims.

There are infectious diseases that one needs to be aware of in manipulating these various animals. Bird flu is, of course, something we're all concerned about.

Without his insights, we would fail to appreciate the dangerous potentials of rapid evolution in the avian flu virus.

Every winter, we know the blood supply is going to drop. But this winter, it's been severely bad because of the storms throughout the U.S., and the flooding, and also in some regions the flu season has been a lot higher.

Experts agree that a bird flu pandemic could strike and race across the world like wildfire, but experts say with the right amount of preparation and planning, officials in Wisconsin should be able to snuff out any crisis.

We've been monitoring. All persons showing high temperature and strange progress of acute respiratory illnesses are examined for possible detection of the bird flu virus, especially if the patient had contact with domestic birds.

We see the Fed easing as a flu shot that will help prevent recession in 1999, but fixing the global problems that underlie the markets' malaise will require major surgery. So basically, I think the market sees through this as a temporary boost, but there are fundamental problems that aren't yet resolved.

While there is a delay in obtaining flu vaccine, we can be thankful that there has also been a delay in the start of the flu season. Fortunately there is little flu activity within the U.S. currently.

There is no reason for anyone to delay or go without their annual flu shot,

We cannot prevent a flu pandemic, but we can reduce its impact.

We cannot lower our guard in the slightest degree against the risk of bird flu triggering a new epidemic.

We cannot kill all the chickens and ducks to prevent bird flu from spreading among them and to humans; therefore, we have to make sure the chickens, ducks and humans do not mingle together.

We cannot afford to be in any way complacent. The fact that there are human cases of bird flu being reported at quite regular intervals now means that the disease is still quite serious.

Under 75 percent attendance, they can't count that day for school. I'm sure there are isolated incidents when a flu bug might hit.

This year, because of all the talk about avian influenza, people seem more eager to get flu vaccine. I'm not sure if there's confusion about the two, or if they just understand the seriousness of influenza.

We monitor the situation and we have not discovered any unconventional respiratory diseases in humans suggesting bird flu infection. Monitoring is underway in all districts of southern Russia. Luckily, no confirmed bird flu cases in humans have been reported.

We unconsciously touch our mouths, noses, and eyes many, many times each day. These mucous membranes are welcome mats for cold and flu viruses, which are readily transferred from unclean hands.

We are cautiously optimistic that at least in some parts of the country, influenza may have peaked. But there's still plenty of flu out there, and we're still encouraging people with flu-like illness who meet the criteria for concerns or complications to be sure and seek medical attention if they do develop the illness.

We are urging, through the month of November, that health care providers focus first on immunizing the elderly and the chronically ill and women who will be in their second or third trimester of pregnancy during the flu season ? those groups who are most at risk,

We're very early in the flu season this year. We're seeing very sporadic activity in seven states, and one state with local activity, but it's way at the very early stages. So it's difficult to predict how severe the season will be, when it will take off, and when it will peak, and what ultimately the spectrum of impact will be,

We feel our system can be very beneficial to the people of Hong Kong and Singapore when used as part of a comprehensive bird flu containment strategy. It is our understanding that government officials in Hong Kong and Singapore would be interested in seeing if our system can be applied in different areas of the poultry processing cycle. What's particularly beneficial about our system is that it is designed to be flexible and to accommodate different needs of different governments. Therefore, we believe our system will be able to accommodate the requirements of this market.

We should have all the necessary flu vaccine serum by mid November.

We think pricing will also remain firm with the increased awareness among consumers about flu vaccinations,

We are assuming that the shock from a flu epidemic would be even bigger than from SARS.

We are still facing great challenges of bird flu control.

We currently have no evidence that a pandemic flu in this country is imminent. That said, we are fairly warned, and the time to prepare for that pandemic is now.